Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

Your perception of the world around you is not necessarily the same as what is actually occurring.

Mastery, on the other hand, is being present with what is occurring, staying with it from beginning to end.