“There is only one failure in meditation: the failure to meditate faithfully. A Hindu proverb says, “Miss one morning, and you need seven to make it up.” Or as Saint John of the Cross expressed it, “He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.””
– Eknath Easwaran, How to Meditate
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“Every day is a new opportunity to begin again. Every day is your birthday.”
Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy
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A day is the most natural unit of time.
The sun rises, we wake up, it gets light, the sun sets and darkness descends. Our bodies go to sleep.
There is no technological, modern imperative that created a day. It is not based on an old Roman calendar. It’s been the same unit of time for billions of years.
That’s what makes it the natural unit to measure our lives. A day is a fresh start, a blank canvas.
There are a limited number of hours in the day for action. We reset ourselves in sleep and start again.
If today was a mess we get to hit reset and do something different tomorrow.
Today I am 14,916 days old.
No need for a party. Don’t send a card. This is a private celebration. Every day. At my desk. I gave myself a present of this blog post.
I am happy to share it with you. Im sorry it’s not cake.
How are you going to celebrate your birthday?
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