I am beginning to notice that I have a tendency to over extend myself and suffer eventual failures when I am simply unable to bear the burden. Whether big or small all set-backs in the realm of the will all seem to share one characteristic in common: they can only be overcome with kindness, compassion and forgiveness. This is especially true when the it is uncompromising hardness that landed one in the situation to begin with. So, dispensing with all of the conceptual stuff that I get so easily hung up on my task for today will be to soften and forgive myself so that I may begin again.
May we remember that we practice to put an end to suffering and that the Dhamma is about letting go and not building up.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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