By “learn as you go,” I mean that each day is an opportunity to take in the good: to help useful or enjoyable experiences sink in and become a part of you. Then when you go to sleep, you’ll be a little stronger and a little more resilient; a little wiser, a little more loving, a little happier than you were when you woke up in the morning.

You can read about my Top Five Inner Practices for 2019, and here they are:

1. Drop the Stone
2. Let It Flow
3. Learn As You Go
4. “Us” All “Thems”
5. Be Amazed

Learn As You Go

This kind of learning is not memorizing a multiplication table. It’s emotional learning, somatic learning. It’s becoming more skillful with the world around you and the world inside you. It’s social learning, motivational learning, even spiritual learning. It’s healing from the past and growing strengths for the future. It’s becoming more compassionate, confident, patient, capable, and joyful. This is the learning that matters most.

If things fall apart, what’s already inside you is what you can really count on.