85. I know not of any single thing so unworkable as the undeveloped mind. Indeed, the undeveloped mind is an unworkable thing. I know not of any other single thing so workable as the developed mind. Indeed, the developed mind is a workable thing.
Anguttara Nikaya I.4
I have read this verse so many times and yet I have not fully understood it. What does it mean to develop the mind so that it is workable? I clearly don’t know but it gives me hope that whatever work I am doing to purify the mind and heart will-little by little-make it easier to tame and train. Reading these words I get the distinct impression that our work here doesn’t need to be thought of in terms of a superhuman labor but rather a garland of moments devoted to the development of skillfulness and wholesome qualities. May we all find true and lasting peac
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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