Staying at the Table

Human Rights Day, and what this work actually takes. Notes on friction and patience.

This year, to mark Human Rights Day, OHCHR invited Jon Kabat-Zinn to Geneva.

He has written books that have taught millions of people how to breathe, how to sit with pain, how to pay attention. He has worked with hospitals, schools, prisons, corporations. Standing in front of a room full of human rights officers and diplomats, he said - almost casually -…