Hey everyone, my name is Rosie and I'm one of the new hosts of Radio Headspace.

I'm an author and a yoga meditation teacher and my new episodes are debuting February of next year.

I can't wait to share them with you.

In the meantime, I'd like to let you know about a new show from Headspace Studios called Dear Headspace.

It's a call and advice show where Headspace teachers answer questions each week about anything and everything.

We talk about family, relationships, mindfulness and so much more.

You can find Dear Headspace on the Headspace app or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Headspace Studio. Hi, I'm Sam and welcome to Radio Headspace. So as I was sitting down to write the other day, I felt a surge of gratitude and contentment.

And this reminded me of a time in my life when I thought I was about to get something that I had always wanted.

It was a time when I was being interviewed for my dream job.

I remember the interview going really well and waiting months to hear back.

During those months I felt full of optimism and hope and excitement.

When the call finally came a few months later, I was told that I had the job. I was ecstatic.

Everything became centered around this job. I concentrated on doing my very best and I had a surge of creative ideas about how we could improve our offerings.

It felt like my bad luck was turning around. But soon after I began the job, I realized that it wasn't right for me at all.

It turned out to be a bad fit for many reasons and I remember I was shocked by this.

How could something so seemingly perfect turn out to be all wrong? And I had thoughts like I'll never find the right fit or I'll always have to hustle to work for myself.

Then one of my favorite Zen stories came to mind. And I would like to share it with you.

And this particular rendition is by Karen Goldman from her book Healing Words for Body, Mind, and Spirit.

So here it goes.

An old Chinese farmer had a horse that broke through the fence and ran away.

When his neighbors learned of it, they came to the farmer and said,

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