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Still Here

Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Beauty, Gratitude, tagged , , , on March 27, 2010 | 10 Comments »

Well, after spending many weeks exploring the Five Great Fears of Buddhism and of aging, I thought it might be time for a more upbeat theme.  How about the Five Great Joys of aging? I don’t know of a succinct Buddhist teaching like this comparable to the Five Great Fears (Buddhism tends to focus on [...]

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The Gift of Human Birth

Posted in Gratitude, tagged , , on December 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »

My theme the last few posts has been the “five great fears”—fear of death, fear of illness, fear of dementia, fear of loss of livelihood, and fear of public speaking.  This week I’d like to take a break from talking about fears, and talk instead about gifts—in particular, the gift of human birth.

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The Gifts of Illness

Posted in Gratitude, Illness, tagged , , on December 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Fear of illness is universal, even more so as we age and wonder about heart attack, stroke, cancer.  Even an annual physical or a blood test can make the heart pound.  I don’t know if we are more or less fearful now that we have the miracles of medicine to help us.  In earlier times, [...]

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Gratitude is This Moment

Posted in Aging and Spirituality, Gratitude, tagged , , , on March 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Gratitude is this moment. Or as my Buddhist teacher Shunyu Suzuki liked to say, “That you are here is the ultimate fact.” But wait. What do we mean, Gratitude is this moment? We might more naturally want to say something like, “Gratitude is to appreciate this moment.” But somehow when I started writing this post, [...]

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