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Marina, Ernest Hemingway and Ivan Pavlov

Beach at Fecamp - Claude Monet I should learn to remember that this is the moment. This is the time of our lives. That I am at the right time at the right place with the right Man. I remind myself that whatever I have is not forever. It’s so good that I am sure it’s not forever. I tell myself that I should never take this for granted. No matter what craziness happens at work. Sometimes the reminder comes by just looking at the Sadhanapada volunteer who has an urgency that can only come with a ticking clock. For them, the ticking clock is in the form of the end of the southern run of the sun or what is traditionally referred as “Dakshinayana”. That’s when the Sadhanapada volunteers go back to their software or investment banking careers after 6 months of volunteering in the Isha yoga center. When moment-to-moment awareness of the preciousness of this moment is not tenable, any artificial device to remind oneself is fair play. The time of the Sun’s southern run is a time