Today is June 19, and it's Father's Day and also Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in Texas. And I'll be reading today from The Practice of Perfection by Robert Aitken, Roshi. And the focus of the talk is on one of the Paramitas, the Perfections, that presumably the fully enlightened ones exhibit in their daily lives all the time. And this one that we'll be working on is the third Paramita, Forbearance. And one could say, why, at this time, would forbearance be something that we would want to find in our lives? Well, we're in a very critical time. We're emerging from COVID racism, war, financial insecurity, gun violence, so many disturbances. And that increases the anxiety and frustration that everyone has, and we've seen it in the disorder, even in our own lives, how short fused we can be the society in general with rude language, cruelty. And it's good to look at another of the virtues, you could say, of the Buddhist teaching, which we don't actually discuss much in Zen because the heart of our practice is, is Zen and it's not necessary even to be a Buddhist to to practice then. But there are four virtues again, the Brahma, the Horus, and one of them is equanimity. And of course, equanimity is something that we really, most of us, I hope, have found is the, the real jewel of our practice is allows us this settling into the silence of the basic fundamental mind. But the Brahma Vihara, of equanimity has, as its near enemy, meaning very close to it is indifference, turning, turning away from things that we don't want to see, seeing suffering, but saying, well, that's other that's not me. And then the far enemy, which is very interesting, is anxiety, restlessness, intense self concern. And many of us really do struggle with anxiety. And it's good to know that it's the far enemy, of equanimity, of that place of rest.