Today was a busy day at work and, I must admit, I was rarely mindful of the breath if at all. Nonetheless, I was able to soften around a situation that usually causes me to go into internal apoplectic fits and sour my mood for the rest of the day: having an idea of mine challenged or completely shot down. Seems such a small thing when committed to words but I assure you that I never feel it as such.
Initially, my mind wandered down the usual by-ways of anger and resentment but then a slow release began to happen and I remembered to foster this letting go. I can only attribute this to sustained practice as there was no conscious agency involved in the first movement towards unclenching the fist of my mind. Only after I saw what was happening did I act to discourage the arising of further unskilfull thinking. A nice lesson in right effort, consistency and anatta. Sukhi hotu!
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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