Practice

In case there is anyone out there who doesn't know the Carnagie Hall story...

A tourist stops a New Yorker on the street and asks, "How do I get to Carnagie Hall?"

The New Yorker replies, "Practice! Practice! Practice!"

It's a great joke, because it's both funny and profoundly true.

This brings us to the meaning of practice.

Per an on-line dictionary, practice means (1) a habitual action or way of doing something, (2) repeated performance in order to learn or perfect a skill, (3) the act of doing something.

So we practice in order to improve and practice in order to do. It's an ongoing process, like sitting meditation; and if we are lucky, we get to Carnagie Hall.