Embracing the realities of life, the things we cannot change, is a pretty powerful way to truly understand and accept the impermanence of life. One of the Five Remembrances by Thich Nhat Hanh 1. I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. Bummer!!! Along side other spiritual passages posted on my refrigerator door, are the Five Remembrances that help me in the present............. the now. Those words help keep me grounded some days. I have a tendency to overdo, to tackle more than I should. My father's words echo in my brain. "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach." As a child my mother called me a butterfly as I quickly flitted from one flower to the next enjoying the flight without a care in the world. At my last monthly visit with my massage therapist, one of my indulgences since retiring, she reminded me, with all due respect as she worked my aching shoulder, that I wasn't a spring chicken anymore. She's allowed
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