As I slowly circled the parking lot, I daydreamed about some shady looking guys in a car coming out and shooting me for some reason. I thought, "faced with certain and impending death, what would I say [to them]?"
"I wish for nothing but freedom and happiness for all humankind. [Carry this wish forward for me]"
Remembering my true purpose in life (triggered by imagining my own certain death) suddenly brought forth immense calm and joy. I am not just someone working at a startup with many responsibilities. I am not just some guy named Jeff with a past history of so-and-so, and a house here and a car there. I am not defined at all by these things. I am nothing but what can be seen and felt right here.
There is nothing at all I need. My only wish is that all beings be freed from suffering. That is what matters in this life to me. There is nothing in this world worth clinging to.
Please find your happiness and peace.
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