Fitting Measure in Food, Sleep, and Work Eases Sorrow
For one measured in food and movement, measured in effort at work, measured in sleep and waking, the way of the balanced mind eases sorrow.
While claiming to govern my mind, do I let the body's rhythm of eating, sleeping, and moving run any which way?
📝Reflection
In this verse I learn the plain truth that peace of mind is built upon the rhythm of the body. Before any great practice, the old teacher speaks first of the daily balance of eating, sleeping, and moving in fitting measure. When the body breaks down, the mind sways with it, so a regular life is already itself a practice. That fitting measure — neither overstraining nor idle — quietly eases sorrow. Before straining to govern my mind, I would first keep faithfully the basics of eating and sleeping well today.
🌱Apply It Today
If your mind is unsettled today, instead of grand methods, tend first to one basic rhythm — eating well and sleeping on time.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
