Headspace Studios.

Hey friends, it's Rosie.

Welcome back to Radio Headspace.

I don't think I need to tell you that the world feels heavy right now.

You can open your phone, turn on the news, or walk into a conversation and immediately feel

the tension.

Lines are being drawn.

Us versus them.

Right versus wrong.

Friend versus enemy.

And honestly, it's exhausting.

Currently, it feels like so much.

But it's also why I feel like this episode matters now more than ever.

Because I want to talk about something radical.

It's what Buddhists call having gratitude for your

enemies. The Dalai Lama once said, we should be grateful for our enemies because they give us the

chance to practice patience, courage, and compassion. That sounds poetic when you're reading it in a book,

or liking it as a quote dubbed

over Tibetan sound bowls.

But in real life, gratitude for someone who hurt you feels almost impossible.

And yet, when I look back in my own life, I see how the people who challenged me the most shaped me the most.

There was that sixth grade bully who made me feel invisible. She forced me to build resilience

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