Lately my formal practice has been suffering the results of an overburdened mind and a schedule rife with work and life responsibilities. As I take on more work to try to prepare myself for what may very well be the end of my company I am also wearing down what stores of energy I have left for the practice and it is in moments like this of sheer desperation that I wonder how a worldling like myself will ever make a way out of the mess.
Lately it just seems that I find the the path for a moment and then just as quickly forget it again. it is a strange state of affairs but it is a poignant reminder of how lucky any of us are to have even had the opportunity to practice for an hour, a day or a year of our lives. Samsara is an infinitely deep hole and escape is not something to be undertaken lightly. Let us do what we can and always incline our minds towards the Dhamma.
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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