The Action Repeated

 If you do something by “accident” you will probably do it again.  It came from somewhere inside of you that remains unexamined.  If you do something bad, after giving a lot of thought to it, then there is a much better chance that you will not do it again. So a Roshi taught me.  If you say you don’t drink anymore but then simply pick up a drink without much thought, by “accident” you might say, you will do it again.  If you give it a lot of thought and then do it, a good chance you will not do it in the future.  Of course, you may get plastered at the moment, but surviving that, you will do what is needed, most likely, to not do it again.  A well thought out mistake shows that you are powerless.  A thoughtless mistake will be repeated.