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A lot of my future buoyancy has already been taken care of

     The future is more mysterious than I thought.

     Rather than emphasizing what I want to achieve, I'll focus on my why:

     I want to be skillful and wise.

     I want to have a spring in my step. I want to bounce out of bed in the morning.

     I want to be warm in winter and cool in summer.

     I want to deploy my merits from the past to make more merit for the future. I want to appreciate others who are deploying their merits from the past to make more merit for the future.

     The world is not empty of arahants.

     I am surrounded by people deploying their skills for others' benefit.

     I am surrounded by quality pieces of equipment that remind me of those who made them as their financial and spiritual hope for happiness.

     I am surrounded by quality pieces of equipment that remind me how lucky I am. I feel satisfied because I acquired them legally.

     When people thank me for Facebook posts they aren't just thankful for the small momentary effort involved to post but for all my efforts looking after my human body and breathing in this lifetime so far.

     Is there a higher power taking care of me? I have strong habits from the past that force me to intelligently organize the satisfaction of my needs. I don't have to reinvent the wheel each moment. A lot of my future strength and buoyancy has already been taken care of by my past skillful karma. All I need to do is to be consistent in my efforts to be skillful.

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