I Say Yes

A Zen Koan.

A man went to a Buddhist monastery for a silent retreat. After he finished, he felt better, calmer, stronger — but something was missing.

The teacher said he could talk to one of the monks before he left.

The man thought for a while, then asked — “How do you find peace?”

The monk said — “I say yes. To everything that happens, I say yes.”

When the man returned home, he was enlightened.