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The first four of the Five Remembrances in the Buddhist tradition help us make friends with our very human fears of growing old, being abandoned in old age, becoming ill, death and suffering in death. We are reminded that all we hold dear is subject to loss and change - there is no way we can escape being separated from them.
The fifth remembrance, in Thich Nhat Hanh's version:
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground on which I stand.
Is it possible to step out of fear again and again and stand in wonderment at the moment-by-moment gift of life as we know it right now? What actions do you plan to take today, the consequences of which will belong to you forever?
In love,
Heather
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