Maybe it s a sign of spiritual maturity or maybe it’s just because of the circumstances of my life but I find myself viewing Dhamma practice less and less as a solitary pursuit and more as an way to live my life as a father, husband and employer as skillfully as possible. Granted, I said “viewing” the practice as such because I haven’t quite yet cobbled together just how that might be accomplished in practice.
Case in point: today finds me at home with my son who seems to have succumbed to the same stomach bug that had my three year old daughter up all night Saturday puking her guts out. Luckily (if one can say that) he has only had some diarrhea and cramping but it is uncomfortable for him nonetheless. So, what does practice look like here? What is an uposatha day with a sick kid look like? So far it has been about trying to stay with the breath as much as possible while discharging my other fatherly and work duties. We shall see what today brings but I wanted to wish you all a happy uposatha all the same. Sukhi hotu!
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