Hi everyone. Wow, it's been 4 pages since I was here last. A lot to catch up on. I appreciate the gathas. Some sound like Thich Nat Hahn's sentences, or perhaps he wrote phrases that were traditional. I'm sorry for the health-related challenges that you SS and Sundog are having. Thanks for the reminder about judging mind, SS, when I'm avoiding practices that would calm me. Self-criticism only makes it worse. Sundog, I can really identify with fear of change, even fear of success. A state of suffering or even milder dissatisfaction is familiar.
Sometimes, I've been motivated by visualizing a positive outcome, holding a visual concept of "reward" for the action I've been avoiding, since I struggle so frequently with lack of motivation and lethargy. I'll have to work with that again. I will try to sit tonight for at least 10 minutes. I didn't go to the sangha last Sunday or the week before, but will make the effort tomorrow. Peace to you all.