Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

TIP #01 — ACCEPT YOUR MORTALITY
No matter how healthy you get and no matter how many years you can “extend your
life”, you will be dying at some point. And this thought is not “morbid” or “dark” or
“pessimistic” – this thought is the simple Truth.
Granted, it is an uncomfortable Truth – one which most folks choose to actively ignore
day in and day out, and yet a Truth it remains. And you will never be free from any of
your addictions until you can embrace this Truth — and then live Peace-fully anyway.
As soon as you can wake up in the morning and realize your mortality with absolute
clarity – as soon as you can set forth each morning realizing that “this day might very
well be my last, and I am going to live it accordingly”, you cannot be truly Alive. And
yet once you choose to start each day in this fashion, every day will brighten for you –
you will see opportunities to Care that you missed before, you will pause more often to
look in wonderment at the Beauty that surrounds you, and you will strive to do at least
one Kind Deed a day – at least one thing that day that truly makes a difference.
“Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.” ~ unknown
So often during the course of our
everyday routines, we are asked to do
small favors for others. Sometimes
the asking is direct (“Can you hold
the elevator door?” or “Can you spare
some change?”) and sometimes it is
silent — like the mother with the
crying baby right behind you in the
supermarket checkout line “asking” to
move in front of you, or the sad
stranger you pass by who is “asking”
for a smile, or the thirsty mouse who
just wants a sip of your water.
TIP #02 – SAY “YES!” TO ALL REQUESTS
Sometimes the asking is for things like these that are easy to provide, and other times the
requests are for things that inconvenience us – requests made that would costs us a lot of
money when we are “too broke”, a lot of energy when we are “too tired”, &/or a lot of
time when we are “too busy”.
And so we neglect to do those deeds … We tell ourselves that we will “give the next
time” – that we can afford to “wait for a better day” – that we must take care of ourselves
first, to then one day be in a “good enough place” to reach out to others.
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