This law is so simple, it almost sounds unfair.

People sometimes say, why does everything seem to fall apart

unless I'm always paying attention?

But that's just how it is.

The universe is set up for decline by default.

Disorder is the default setting.

You can't escape it.

You can only counteract it. The lesson here is not to feel

overwhelmed by it, but to recognize your own power to interrupt it. The opposite of decay is not

magic. It's attention. Its action. Its intention brought to the present moment. A little care applied regularly interrupts the law.

Whatever is left alone will decline.

And it's not just the garden.

If you want proof, try leaving your car in the driveway for a year without touching it.

Come back and see if it runs as smooth as the day you parked it.

Of course not.

The tires have gone flat, the batteries dead, dust everywhere, the paints faded.

Why?

Because nobody maintained it, and life is just the same.

Leave your finances alone and watch what happens.

Expenses climb while attention falls.

The numbers don't magically go up, they go down.

Your body-

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