Q: What is most wondrous?
A: Each day death takes lives beyond counting,
yet none who live think –
this day
death
can come to me.
(Adapted from William Buck’s translation of the Mahabharata)
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On a retreat, Mary Orr from Spirit Rock offered this teaching. As you get up in the morning, say: “This could be my death day. How to I want to spend it?” It was powerful for me and, for years, I would repeat it as I stepped out the front door to go to work.