IS ANYONE HOME? I'M HERE

When we go to visit and knock on someone's door, we often call out, "Is Anyone Home?" 
How badly we want someone to be there, greet us, offer a  smile, hug, a real connection. Not many want to walk into an empty house. Yet, how many are truly home, present and available? It may seem that we are, but so often our greetings and words are automatic, and our true mind and heart are elsewhere. 
The same is true when troubles begin in a relationship. We become furious with someone, or some condition, yell at them to change their ways, do something better or listen to us. But, as the story in this podcast of the empty boat tells us, most of the time, there's no one there.  They're on automatic. They can't hear. 
Zen practice shows us new ways of handling this, both in our lives and as we may come into collisions with others. It's a simple matter not to get angry, but to take right away and be fully present.
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