In a way we can divide the meditative process into two parts. One is a dedicated period where we're just sitting or walking or lying down, whatever the posture, and we're just cultivating awareness and compassion. The other part is what we call sometimes short moments many times. A classic example of that comes from Thích Nhất Hạnh, this Vietnamese teacher who said, "Don't pick up your phone on the first ring. Let it ring three times and breathe. Then you pick it up." You know, nothing that's very lengthy, but just this interjection of short moments. Or you try to drink a cup of tea or coffee and you're not multitasking for once. You're really feeling the warmth of the tea cup and you're smelling the tea and you're tasting the tea. So short moments many times, But I find that those are hard to remember, and much easier to remember if I've also meditated in a formal sense each day. [Image Description: White background with black tape. Overlaid text reads "short moments, many times."]