The following meditation is led by Tara Brock, meditation teacher, psychologist and author.

It's a really exploring, waking up to hard space to seeing that secret beauty, learning

to stay with what's difficult and finding that tender space of compassion and learning

to see the goodness.

We'll do a very short practice now on seeing the goodness.

If you will, just come sitting in a way that allows you to deepen your attention.

As you come into stillness, take a moment to let go of any tension you're aware of in

your body.

You might soften the shoulders, relax and soften the hands, and loosen soften in

the belly.

Just take a nice full breath.

Bringing to your attention someone who's easy to love could be a child or a pet, a friend

or a parent, a spiritual figure, teacher, colleague, somebody who's easy just to feel and

sense the goodness.

Be aware of what it is that brings up your sense of appreciation.

Gleam in the person's eyes are the way they show love to you, the brightness, beauty,

humor, aliveness.

Just imagine yourself expressing your love and your appreciation and that other person

receiving that.

And as you feel and sense that, sensing that person's secret beauty and your own secret

beauty, that loving heart that appreciates heart that's right inside you, sense that

heart-space widening to include others so that in the next few moments, whoever comes

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