To all those finding themselves in a difficult situation at present.
"Training in concentration consists in developing the ability to control the mind, to make use of it, to make it do its job to the best of its ability. Morality is good behaviour with respect to body and speech. Concentration amounts to good behaviour with respect to the mind, and is the fruit of thorough mental training and discipline. The concentrated mind is devoid of all bad, defiling thoughts and does not wander from the object. The mind is in fit condition to do its job. Even in ordinary wordly situations concentration is always a necessity. No matter what we are engaged in we can hardly do it successfully unless the mind is concentrated. For this reason the Buddha counted concentration as one of the marks of a great person. Regardless of whether one is to be successful in wordly or in spiritual things, the faculty of concentration is absolutely indispensable.
Take even a child in school. If she lacks concentration how can she do arithmetic. The sort of concentration involved in doing arithmetic is natural concentration and is only slightly developed. Concentration as a basic element in Buddhist practice, which is what we are discussing here, is concentration that has been raised to a higher pitch than can develop naturally. Consequently, when the mind has been trained successfully, it comes to have a great many special abilities, powers and attributes."

Handbook for Mankind, UNESCO publication to celebrate 100th aniversary of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. 2007