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The truth is, there’s not going to be a starter whistle that tells us that now is the time to start putting our house in order. It’s not going to work that way. We’re going to have to realise that we need to take action and make a real effort. It’s going to be hard, but it’s the only way (the “we”, by the way, is just me). We’re just going to have to stop and then really work on persevering. We’ve slipped a lot and we have a lot to do to get back on track.

I guess this all dawned on me a couple of hours after I got it off my chest in the Obstacles post. It wasn’t immediate. There was another trip-up before I got there. But at last I took myself away and did some dhikr for a couple of hours in the garden. I took that little purple pocket book with me and repeated everything that was relevant. With it came some ease and some resolve. I just need strength and perseverence now, for I’ve been down this path before. There’s not going to be some great fanfare – we just have to get going and try our best. It is up to us to make the effort – nobody is going to live our lives for us.