The Struggle to Stay Alive

Everybody you meet is fighting a hard battle. Sometimes we just want relief. Want to space out. At least we need to know that we're doing that. So much of it is unconscious. It's without thinking. And as Roshi is fond of pointing out, when you're lost in thought or zoned out or whatever, you can't make yourself notice because you're not even there. Your only lever of power comes when you notice. And then as I said before, noticing is good and then the willingness to correct it.