Four weeks ago, I used this quote during MBSR class #1 to describe a theme I saw emerging for all of us: "And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” - Anaïs Nin The class we just had last Friday had a theme to it that was hard for me to put into words. In MBSR, we usually try to find poetry- but this week I was introduced to a youtube video that really described what I felt was our theme for class #4. Someone called WaxAudio mixed together Pink Floyd and the Bee Gees. (!) Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13xOvDa19U This very strange, somewhat ridiculous, combination of music speaks to me about the questions we were facing in class: How does one live for oneself within a system that expects super-human (or robotic) levels of performance? When living in financial poverty (or emotional poverty) can there be happiness within the overwhelming levels of stress? A...