Lesson Two from Jon Kabat-Zinn's "Letting Everything Become Your Teacher"

Today we share with you Lesson 2 from

LETTING EVERYTHING BECOME YOUR TEACHER:

LESSON 2: Map Versus Journey  

This book is meant to serve as a map, a guide to you. As you know, a map is not the territory it portrays. In the same way you should not mistake reading this book for the actual journey. That journey you have to live yourself, by cultivating mindfulness in your own life. 

Reprinted from LETTING EVERYTHING BECOME YOUR TEACHER: 100 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn © 2009 by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Reprinted by arrangement with the Random House Publishing Group.