It's easy to practice when everything is going right. Hard to practice when everything is falling apart. And that's why they call it practice.
Take patience for example.
It is easy to be patient when you have time to spare and plenty of space. Easy to be patient, relaxed and easygoing when it is a nice day, your to do list is finished and you have a patio seat with a view.
Much harder to practice patience when you haven't eaten, have to go to the bathroom and things just aren't going your way. When reality and people seem to be intentionally scheming against you, when the conditions aren't right and you wish you had just a little more time...that is when you practice patience.
That is when you are really practicing.
Your practice is to meet adversity and dance with it. It is to make friends with your enemies and to participate when you feel like giving up. Real practice doesn't come with a timetable and a map, it is raw, emotional and difficult.
And when we see you practicing despite all of the chaos, we are impressed. Then we don't hesitate in calling you a practitioner.
Keep practicing.
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