I was watching the England match last night when one of the commentators said that the players simply had to keep doing the right things, and eventually they would get a result. And, in the end, they did. It made me think that perhaps life ought to work in much the same way. If we keep doing the right things, surely we should eventually arrive somewhere close to the life we want. But how many of us manage to do that consistently?

I’ve been thinking about Vipassana meditation. That old Buddhist practice of simply observing: breath, body, sensation, thought. Not trying to change anything. Not striving. Just noticing what is here.