The first step of the Eightfold Path is Right Views, which means Knowledge of the Four Noble Truths.
The four noble truths deal with suffering and the cessation of suffering. Being aware of and coming to the end of suffering allows us to begin to venture on a path to freedom and enlightenment. It is suffering in my mind that is getting me down. I am all alright with life and living and being and working and the creation of my days. And yet I suffer in my mind as things are not as I would have them. Growth does not come fast enough. Change is slow. Progress impeded. All things are as they are for a purpose unknown. Breathe.
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