Doing Nothing: Living Small



This beautiful grandmother is a village elder, and a very busy woman. She has a business and a farm to run, and many philanthropies. Villagers come to her for guidance and wise counsel. I noticed that she had the gift of sitting still, composed, and receptive when for a brief moment she had nothing to do. Decades of Buddhist practice have equipped her to turn even a spare minute into a peaceful meditation. It was doing nothing for a moment and loving it, living small.