"Clark Strand wrote: 'I once saw a cartoon depicting two Buddhist monks seated side by side in a meditation hall. An older monk was muttering something to a younger monk out of the corner of his mouth. The young monk looked dumbfounded. The caption read: "Nothing happens next. This is it." ' "

To Practice This Thought: Be present right now. Don't think about what's going to happen next.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat in An Alphabet of Progressive Christian Spirituality