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title: "Post #117293617183"
date: 2015-04-25 00:39:26 +00
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# The glass is already broken

[jkottke](http://bonus.kottke.org/post/117265412998/the-glass-is-already-broken):

> > “You see this goblet?” asks Achaan Chaa, the Thai meditation master. “For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”
> 
> From [Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective](http://markepsteinmd.com/?p=1) by Mark Epstein.

April 24th, 2015 5:39pm