Namaste

 Namaste means that I honor the divine in another.  In meditation practice, you bow to the other people in the group and say “Namaste.” Namaste is a good thing for me to keep in mind as I go through my day.  Everyone, the most difficult persons, those who press my buttons, have the divine in them, as my mediation tries to teach me.  I find that acceptance and tolerance helps me to keep namaste in mind.  When the monks begin prayer in choir they bow to one another in their opening praise or petition prayer.  Too often I do that and then go off into mumbling, complaining and resenting their behavior which does not agree with my expectations and programs for my own happiness.