Wise Effort - Goldilocks Was Right

How much effort is enough?
In the law, often the answer is, it’s never enough.
That’s a burnout-answer.
But it doesn’t mean we don’t have to work our tails off to do a good job.

Mindfulness invites us to work hard, too, but there is an “enough.”
Sometimes “enough” is a few minutes of practice.

Sometimes, it’s a ten-day silent retreat.
Always, it’s practicing a least a little, every day. 
In the immortal words of Justice Stewart, we know it when we see it.

Louis Armstrong famously said,
“If I don't practice for a day, I know it.
If I don't practice for two days, the critics know it.
If I don't practice for three days, the public knows it.”
I’m thinking Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Stewart
both knew what they were talking about.