Under bad circumstances you may easily give up. But in such cases, you should try hard. How should you practice, for instance, if you are very sleepy? “Oh, maybe better not to practice zazen. Maybe better to rest.” Yeah, sometimes it is better, but at the same time, that may a good chance to practice.
Drawing by Stan White
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-15 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.