We all have a threshold for the amount of success, love, or joy we allow ourselves to hold. The moment we flirt with a life beyond that threshold, our nervous system protests, and we find ways to sabotage the excess.

I wanted to experience the self-discovery that one attains by picking a goal and steadily working toward it — regardless of the frustration, the plateaus, and the setbacks. The practicing mind is everywhere and in everything we do.