You get steady by being rubbed against real things

4 October 2026

Being calm on a cushion is the easy part. The test is the thing you are avoiding — the email, the call, the number you keep not looking at.

You get steady by being rubbed against real things — steady when still, steady when moving too. Chuanxilu (Records of Instruction)

Not advice. Just a picture.

If today is heavy, say a line here.