this point, we may find ourselves judging our experience quite harshly because we may feel so frustrated or thwarted in our efforts. Why can’t I do this better? we may say to ourselves. In such moments, it helps if we can remember to bring a quality of kindness even to this awareness, seeing that these self-critical and judgmental thoughts and feelings are just more thoughts and feelings, like any others, just old and ingrained weather patterns in the mind and of no particular import or significance.
