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My dead selves

I went on retreat and buried another dead self . Now I am emerging new and fresh again even as the vultures are picking the remnants of old habits off my bleached white bones. I will never be the same. Beat the drum, it is a new day. I feel alive again.

Needle me this.....

My acupuncturist announced recently that he has chosen the path of a healer over that of a clinician. Of course he was already a healer, but faced with another day and a rather difficult choice, the path of healing won out again. We think that we make a choice like this just once, and then its done. But very few things are like that. Marriage, ordination, friendship, healing, bodhicitta, service ... they are all choices we have every day, every moment, and every breath. And we often forget. So today, remember that you are free to choose. What would you do with this diamond day? Would you be a healer? A healer for yourself and for others? Would you be a meditator? Would you be a ray of sunshine?