The Five Remembrances
I was having a HORRIBLE day yesterday and it just kept getting worse, and I don't even know why. I missed Wyatt so much and then started feeling so disappointed with myself and couldn't get a handle on it. Then Debby sent me "The Five Remembrances" and they really did make me feel a little better. Here, see what you think:
I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.
I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape ill health.
I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
Unfortunately, the last one only makes me feel worse because my actions lately have been sub par. It's just procrastinate, do nothing, feel bad, rinse, repeat. Sigh.
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Or, as a wise man ( http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2006/07/the_wisdom_of_a.html ) once put it:
"Change ain't lookin' for friends. Change calls the tune we dance to."