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Welcome to the Zen Power Hour. My name is Alan Knight, and as a former Zen monk, I've discovered that ancient wisdom truly holds the key to modern transformation.

And I'm Monica Jackson. Together, we're bringing you the tools and techniques you need to live a more fulfilling

and successful life. Join us as we explore insights that will literally revolutionize both

your personal and professional relationships.

Alan, we launched this podcast on my birthday, and now here we are recording on your birthday. So first of all, the happiest of birthdays. I'm so grateful to have met you

about a year ago and all of the things that have happened

since then to bring us into partnership and friendship and to have you as a mentor in my life.

Wow, that's very nice. That's very sweet of you. Now we're both 49, right? Right. Again.

Absolutely.

Well, that's very kind of you, very sweet of you.

And, you know, I went out with a very dear friend, took me out for lunch.

And I said to him, I said to him, you know, I get up every day.

It's been like this for the last while.

I get up every day and I look at what's going on in the world, the ups and downs of the world,

which we're all navigating and that's part of being human.

But I said, when I really look at what I'm most grateful for and what is most important,

it's the very people that are right around me, the amazing friends and relationships that I have, which small in number, but high in quality. And these are the most important things in life,

bar none, you know. So I'm very grateful to have met you as well and that we're collaborating

on a journey that could potentially help a lot of people.

It's all about relieving suffering, minimize suffering, increasing joy, increasing inner freedom.

And as difficult as that might seem like, and we look at the world around us and say,

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