Put anything that’s not related to what you’re doing right now out of your mind. It’s not your business right now. Look at what you’re doing. Are you getting the results you want?

"So that’s one function of equanimity: to put anything that’s not related to what you’re doing right now out of your mind. It’s not your business right now.

Then, of course, the second function is to look at what you’re doing. Are you getting the results you want?"

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Equanimity as a Skill" (Meditations10)

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