Last week a friend and I went on a challenging backpacking trip. Loving any opportunity to learn, I saw this as a spiritual journey as well as a physical adventure. I took a quote with me written on an index card stuck in the hip pocket of my pack by Pema Chodron: "Let difficulty transform you. And it will. I'm my experience we just need help in learning how not to run away." This quote became a security blanket, a comforting friend, and a teacher guiding me deeper into what I needed to learn the most. In today's episode I share with you the two most important life lessons I learned on the trail with this quote by my side.