Back to the basics

I had a crisis of faith a few months ago. After being Buddhist nearly seven years I found myself at a critical state of dissatisfaction. I was at a low point where I couldn't motivate myself to practice the Dharma and I was indulging in harmful patterns of behavior like not exercising, meditating, eating well as well as doing things like smoking and oversleeping.

I made a post about in on here actually, and the best advice I got was to start over. Go back to square one and relearn everything instead of trying to pick up where I left off. I picked up the copy of the Dhammapada I've had for years unopened, and after days of reading and repeating, the spring of joy and contentedness inside me began to bubble up again. I quit smoking cold turkey, have been exercising an hour a day, meditating, and eating well. Everything has begin a dominoes style tumble back into place and I'm very grateful to this community for helping me mind my way back onto the middle road.

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