A Meditation for When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

Reflection of a 200 CE dharma wheel, on exhibit at the Met Museum.

I was standing at the kitchen counter making bread last week, listening to a podcast, and in the middle of kneading the dough, I suddenly felt exhausted. I turned up the volume on my headphones in an attempt to ignore my tiredness, but my legs felt heavy and I could hardly concentrate. F…