240815 What I learned in my studies this morning 4

Today's Meditation(s):

365 Tao: Daily Meditations #227 (Deng Ming-Dao)

No kidding. I find myself drifting from the path of wisdom all the time, letting myself become entangled with desires and aversions or failing in my job of granting only proper assent.

I understand the psychological benefit of not always being 'on', but that doesn't mean that, like a runner training for a marathon, I can't build up endurance and, if I commit, keep myself on the straight and narrow more and more often.