Managed to Do Something Successfully

 
In our morning meditation today, Saimei said "Yesterday was a frustrating day for me. But the nice thing about frustrating days is that they are often followed by breakthrough days."

Airi reported that there is trouble in the small town of Aikontō, where Bunmei was working yesterday. Bunmei is ill today, so I left the castle and went quickly to Aikontō. There, I found a couple of Ayamari that Bunmei must have missed when he was there yesterday. A few quick moves with my hooked manriki chain, and I was able to slay them.

And Jimon knows that I did something. I did something useful, and I did it quickly.

Maybe it's not just frustrating days; maybe it's also frustrating weeks. And maybe next week will be a breakthrough week for me. I pray to Kannon that it may be so.