The first kind of effort is just showing up  •  just getting to the cushion is the hardest part  • simply  giving in and surrendering to the discipline  •  soft yet strong effort is what is called for in meditation  practice  • letting a burnt pan soak overnight; just let it sit  •  soaking our fixations, obstacles, self-doubts in the water of meditation  •  the second kind of effort is repeated effort, steady effort, like dripping water on a stone over a   very long time  • sometimes it seems like not much is  happening, but with steady effort over time you begin to see what meditation is all about