FOR GREGORY. He was not a VICTIM of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, he was a HERO!

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Gregory's Mantra

I may have written about this before but it is worth doing again.

Every night before Gregory goes to bed he recites his "mantra." The mantra comes from a poem by Lao Tzu (born around 571) in a book called "The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry" edited by Stephen Mitchell.


The poem in its entirety reads:

“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.” 

― Lao TzuTao Te Ching

Every night before Gregory goes to bed he recites his "mantra:" 



Simplicity
Patience
Compassion

Simplicity, patience, compassion ... as Gregory returns to his source of being, as he lives with the way things are, as he reconciles his here and now in the world.



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