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Making the Effort is the Tough Part!
A “breathing expert” once said, if you can’t practice deep breathing for five minutes a day, then can you practice for thirty seconds a day? I understand what he was getting at. If five minutes seems difficult right now, can you at least do a little to help you achieve your goal?
Although it seems logical to shorten the time of a new lifestyle practice to make it more palatable, in my experience the tough part is making the effort to do the practice. If there is a stuck place, it is usually making the effort needed to go on that bike ride, go to the gym, sit down for meditation … once I’m on my bike, arrived at the gym or seated in meditation … the practice simply unfolds.
Would you agree with me, or do you have another take on this?