Marcus says, "Execute every act as if it were thy last."
We simply don't know the date of our departure from this life. For some of us, it could very well be today. For example, there could be a bus accident that takes my life as I go to language exchange this morning.
How then, to respond, and how would one conduct one's last acts? I would say, with highest of motives and the noblest of intentions. Because there would a clarity in that final moment that one wealthy in years and time forever has trouble appreciating.
In other words, with compassion, with forgiveness, and with love, toward all brothers and sisters of humanity, be they friends or enemies, allies or one or another variety of tormentors.
This morning, I can feel life's impermanence, and it makes me feel free.
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