There is some important way in which this quotation from Pema Chödrön is beautiful:
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I give full attention to the things I wish hadn’t occurred. Recognizing these mistakes honestly but without self-recrimination, I try to rejoice in the innate wisdom that allows me to see so bravely, and I feel compassion for how I so frequently messed up. Then I can go forward. The future is wide open, and what I do with it is up to me.(From the book No Time To Lose) At first I thought that she was saying she does this once a week. That might be even better?
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