Start with the observation

A day fragments easily into demands, appetites, notifications and worries, each claiming to be the whole of life.

Follow the reasoning

  1. A repeated pause restores scale: the urgent is not always the important.
  2. Bodily rhythm can carry understanding when the mind is tired or distracted.
  3. Turning attention toward one lasting source gathers scattered fears and desires under one relation.

A passage to hold beside it

“Conscience is conscious human nature.” 1

Read plainly

A daily practice is not an escape from ordinary life. Properly understood, it returns the person to ordinary life with a clearer center.

Try observing this

Set aside two quiet minutes at the same time for one week: notice, give thanks and name what you cannot carry alone.

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