Just Do the Right Thing with Rick Hanson

So often we get caught in worry, strain, and the constant pressure to do more — to fix everything, to control what we simply can’t. In this talk, I explore how to let go of what’s beyond our power, how to do the “next right thing” even when life feels overwhelming, and how to find balance between striving and simply being.

02:03- Letting go of worry and tension — noticing, releasing, and softening into spacious awareness
04:07 - Facing helplessness — accepting what’s beyond our power to change
05:22 - Balancing effort and acceptance — caring and not caring at the same time
08:17 - Doing the “next right thing” — integrity and simplicity in daily choices
12:31 - Integrity in hard times — wisdom from Wendell Berry and others on persistence
14:24 - Staying in the arena — Teddy Roosevelt’s call to courageous effort
17:52 - Right effort in Buddhism — four clear categories of wise action
19:38 - Not halting, not straining — the middle way of balanced effort
23:40 - True nature and completeness — resting in awareness that’s already whole
30:33 - Two truths together — balancing gradual practice with inherent Buddha nature

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