“With my thoughts distorted by fear, despair and resentment, and my nerves overwrought, I could not think clearly nor make wise decisions.” (ODAT, 21 September)
This means that, when I’m in fear, despair, or resentment or in a heightened or unsettled nervous state, I am prohibited from any tactical or strategic thinking or decisions.
The only thinking that is permitted is the activation of my higher faculties to eliminate the fear, despair, resentment, or altered nervous state, and only once equanimity and equilibrium have been restored may I turn my beady eye to anything going on around me.