Following my little episode over the last week, I have been trying to continue to work and keep my life running along as normal. That, it appears, was a mistake.
Even though the temptation is to ignore symptoms and signs of tiredness, eventually your body calls time and forces you to take a rest.
Last night, for the first time in over a week, I slept right through the night. No pains, no disturbance, a full night’s sleep, wonderful. So waking this morning I felt (comparatively) fantastic.
I was in the office nice and early, rearing to get on with the backlog that had built up over the week. And I made good progress, I finally cleared my inbox, answered all the queries and made all the required changes to pages or accounts or whatever.
It was a really productive day, we nailed a number of outstanding issues and I left feeling I had put in a really good shift.
The drive home on a Friday is never the most fun, particularly now the roads are full of tourists. One of the downsides to living in Dorset I guess. So by the time I had got into the apartment, having had a soaking from a particularly heavy shower, I decided to take a little nap.
Four hours later I woke, feeling greatly refreshed, but determined from now on, to listen to my body better and not dismiss these feelings of lethargy, the World of Tranquillity, but to give my poor old frame the chance to recover.
Nice to have the chance I suppose, there must be millions of people who go through life, overworked, ill or in poor circumstances, who never get an opportunity to really let their bodies and minds heal themselves.
When experiencing failure or disappointment, frustration or illness, we tend to lose confidence and let fear overtake us.
After a few pills from the Doc, I’m feeling a whole lot better this evening. I’m in a higher life-state and able to give Gongyo one hundred percent.
The Buddhist teaching of the Oneness of Life and it’s Environment tells us that humanity and The World are one.
The important thing, is not whether we are optimistic or pessimistic, but rather that while keeping a careful eye on reality, we are neither overwhelmed by it, nor content with the status quo.
It all comes down to you. Do not rely on others or wait for them to do something. Try to develop such a strong sense of responsibility, that you can stand up to the fiercest of problems, confidently proclaiming, “I can do it!, I will win!”
Buddhism, which is founded on the law of cause and effect, stresses the concept of karma.
Even if you are born into the most affluent circumstances, or enjoy a spectacular marriage, that is the envy of others, there is no guarantee that you will be happy.
The sanctity of life is known to everyone. At the same time, there is universal confusion about the essential meaning of life’s sanctity.
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