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 ...