When you’ve thought and thought and thought until you can’t think any more, and your problem is still there – what then?

When you’re beating yourself up because you somehow KNOW you can sort this thing out, but it’s still there – when then?

When you’ve accepted that you might have to leave things for a while because you can’t sort them now, but every time the issue enters your mind, you feel ever-more panicked – what then?

When you wish you could get back to normal but your problems and your panic about their persistence keep creeping-up on you – what then?

When you can’t relax or forget your problem for even a moment, and you no longer enjoy or even engage with attempts at distracting yourself like watching television or listening to music – what then?

When you grind to a halt and begin to suspect that you might actually be beaten by this problem – what then?

When your problem keeps you awake at night and is the awful first thing you think of when you reluctantly wake up – what then?

When you start to feel like an island of pain and loneliness that just can’t be reached – what then?

Then – Zen, through Kyu Shin Do.