The Wreckage of Life

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness, Education, Personal Development, Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Presence, Positive Psychology, Self-improvement, Buddhism

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🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss why the pain of life is not beautiful, but something else is.

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting
0:04.8	a little better at life.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Cory Muscara.
0:08.3	I just want to offer you a quick reminder before we get into today's episode about my
0:12.6	upcoming online retreat, February 19th through 21st, if you haven't yet attended a retreat.
0:19.4	This is a really great opportunity to take your practice to the next level.
0:24.0	Most of my biggest insights have come from immersive experiences like retreats.
0:30.1	So if you've enjoyed this podcast and are excited about implementing these practices
0:35.0	into your life in a deeper way, this would be an awesome next step.
0:38.6	You can learn all about it at CoryMuscara.com forward slash retreat.
0:43.4	Okay, in today's episode, we're going to talk about the pain and the beauty of life.
0:50.4	Before to come on that in a moment, first, let's settle in together with the sound of
0:54.0	the bells.
0:57.0	Okay, so I'd like to start this episode with a poem by Nikita Gill.
1:19.9	It's called Reckage.
1:24.2	There is nothing beautiful about the wreckage of a human being.
1:29.6	There is nothing pretty about damage, about pain, about heartache.
1:36.6	What is beautiful is their strength, their resilience, their fortitude as they display
1:45.3	an ocean of courage when they pick through the wreckage of their life to build something
1:51.7	beautiful brand new against every odd that is stacked against them.
2:00.7	So notice how that lands for where you are at this point in your life or even this point
2:07.2	in your day.
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