Cattāri Brahmavihārā

I have been on edge for months but am slowly coming back to my senses. I say slowly because even now I feel the tumor of fear and anxiety in my chest that now and again grows to constrict my whole body with its steel-strong tendrils. I never realized just how dangerous fear could be but have begun to understand it is much moore than just a harmless idiosyncracy or a secret and guarded weakness. Be all that as it may, each day I try a little harder, remembering to be kind to myself when I can and reminding myself why I practice in the first place: to be free of this fear and suffering.

May we all learn what it means to look after our true welfare.