Cattāri Brahmavihārā

I have been trying to fight off this cold for days but have finally succumbed today. it is always hard to maintain my practice commitments when energy is low or I am sick but I have almost invariably found it worthwhile to do so. I was fortunate enough to have been awoken by the cat wretching at 4am and took the opportunity to do my walking and seated meditation at that time for I knew I had a busy day ahead of ferrying kids and getting to the bottom of an inventory debacle at work.

With all of that behind me I would normally try to struggle through the kids’ nightly routines and then off to bed but I still have a Dhamma talk to listen to, another formal sit and an email to send about my progress. Still, what is this life worth, sick or not, if we don’t make an effort to practice? My apologies for what now seems like a rant but I suppose I needed to see just how silly and sorry for myself I was feeling by holding my thoughts up in the mirror of this blog. Sabbe satta sukhita hontu.