A Practice with Mala Beads
Hold your mala in one hand. Set a single, small intention — not a goal, just a direction.
Move one bead at a time, and breathe with each. When the mind wanders, return to the bead under your fingers. That returning is the practice.
By the time you reach the guru bead, you will likely feel less the need to finish and more the wish to begin again. That, too, is the point.
SERENITY KNOTS writes about objects and attention — not outcomes. What a stone means to you remains yours to decide.