Hey friends, it's Rosie.
Welcome back to Radio Headspace.
So the other afternoon, Tor and I went to get our little pick-me-up,
our affectionate name for what is really just our shared caffeine addiction.
You know that mid-afternoon lull where your brain starts yawning and your body's like,
excuse me, we need fuel?
Yeah, that moment.
Being the planner that I am, I had already ordered our drinks on the app.
All we had to do was pop in and grab them and go.
Easy.
Except, it wasn't.
Because Tor walked right up to the counter and confidently grabbed the wrong two drinks.
And the moment I saw it, I snapped, out loud, no pause,
no breath, just, that's not ours, with way too much heat for the situation.
And as the words left my mouth, I looked over and of course,
one of my students was sitting in the cafe with a friend,
watching, smiling politely, probably thinking, wow,
the meditation teacher really lost her zen over a latte, not cool.
In Buddhism, anger is described as the inner enemy, along with fear, jealousy, and resentment.
These are the forces inside us that can cause just as much harm as the outer enemies in our lives.