Suffering in Silence

This Is Why I Became a Janitor

Dear Permission to be Powerful reader,

Last October, I moved into the Rochester Zen Center.

Since then, I’ve shed several decades of trauma.

It’s a beautiful thing.

I’ve spent more time on the mat than just about anyone.

I’m so funny.

I get a job as a janitor and they don’t even pay.

I’m coming up on six months and I am eligible to get a “salary”

$300 per mon…