Is it bad to be ordinary? Is it really necessary for us to be special in order to feel whole and content? Perhaps being ordinary can help us get in touch with our inherent value as human beings.

Not everyone knows what they want to be when they grow up. Also, what do you do when you realize what you worked so hard to attain isn’t what you want anymore? In this situation, many negative feelings may come up. Instead of seeing non-knowing as something that’s bad, we can work with our experience in a way that’s more life-affirming.

In many spiritual teachings from the East, it is understood that the self doesn’t really exist. What does the teaching of no-self really mean though? Is there such a thing as an authentic self or is it merely an illusion? If we can embrace the paradox of emptiness and presence, we may find that two things can be true at the same time.