I have been traveling and have not been online for quite some time. My father's 89th birthday was last week so I got to fly to California to be with him and other family members. It was quite the family reunion.
How did I use what I learned in my Buddha classes? By practicing patience and joyful effort I was able to get through conversations with certain family members who usually push my buttons just right. Don't we all have kinfolk like that? I also remembered: Do no harm. This really helped, too. So, by practicing the 6 perfections and on-the-spot tonglen I felt really great.
I start work tomorrow with a new schedule. As long as I do everything with patience and joyful effort, I'll do OK. That's my starting point. From there, I move into the ethics.
Have a beautiful day!
The hardest thing in life is letting go of what you thought was real.
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