Fatigue

Those of you who have health cannot comprehend the effects of fatigue as a chronic condition. I am happy for you in this. Use your energy well and wisely. I have had baseline fatigue for eleven years due to a chronic debilitating disease. I am not immobilized or noticeably impeded. I have tried very hard to compensate for my fatigue by adhering to a regular program of structure and activity. I have also prodded myself to remain engaged in general commerce of day-to-day life in a capitalist society. I am self-sufficient, and I occasionally can lend what little surplus energy I have to the causes of others. This is all part of my practice, of course. Fatigue can only be mastered by continued effort. Just as evil, in a non-religious sense, can only be mastered by choosing the right path. Gravity, like evil, simply is. Resisting gravity is part of what it means to be alive. Resisting evil is part of what it means to practice.