i am grateful for…
Autobiography in Five Chapters
Excerpt from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
1) I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost … I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
2) I walk down the same street.
There is a hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
3) I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit
My eyes are open
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately
4) I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it.
5) I walk down another street.
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Love this. Thank you thank you.