The fine Art of UNDISMAYING

You know how it is; you set out to practice a little peace -- meditating, praying, being Still, and then off you go on some wild jabbberwok adventure instead.  You get down on yourself, muttering all sorts of inanities, grab on to some old favorite scathing assessment of someone or something, or just fall into the fog of not-asleep-not-awake-either, or maybe you're just antsy or get sucked into a fantastical inner replay of your favorite movie or the phone rings and without thinking, you answer it.  AaaaaaaAaaaaaaaAaaaAaaaaaaaaand you're off on another merry chase!  Then something jerks you to a stop inside; x#$@,_--! *&^!!!!  ......... you grooooooooooan! .......... you sighhhhhhhhhhh!  You mutter some more.  Your whole body lists and rolls like a ship in a storm at sea.

YOU are in the throes of dismay. 

Yes, you started out with the fine intention of meditating, or zazen or prayer or whichever, and yes, this is at least the umteenth time you have let yourself get diverted in the last 3 minutes.  So how can you get a grip on this, you wonder???

Sometimes perspective is everything.  [[PICTURE OF FISH EATING FISH EATING FISH EATING FISH ... ]]

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