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Hello and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Wednesday. It's me, your host, Dora. So I started

reading Will Smith's autobiography entitled Will and he shares a story about the time his

father made him and his younger brother build a new wall for the front of their family

business. Here's an excerpt from the book. One day, Will asked his father, why do we have

to build a wall anyway? This is impossible. It's never going to get done. Daddy will respond

to it. Stop thinking about the wall. There is no wall. There are only bricks. Your job

is to lay this brick perfectly. Then move on to the next brick. So as I find myself in

the season of change and uncertainty, having moved to a different country alone, not knowing

anyone, you could imagine the wall I was facing. All my focus and attention was being taken

by this enormous journey I was about to embark on. And as a universe would have it, a few

days before moving, a friend shared a Zen Buddhist story in their newsletter that offered wisdom

to this dilemma. There was a young and eager Zen student who approached his teacher and

asked the Zen Master. If I work very hard indiligently, how long will it take for me to

find Zen? The Master thought about this, then replied, 10 years. The student then said,

what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast? How long then?

Well, 20 years replied the Master. But I do not understand, said the disappointed student.

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