The key phrase in that entire story was: “All I could think about was my disappointed granddaughter’s face.” I wasn’t thinking about overcoming obstacles, I was thinking about not disappointing my granddaughter.

Another key phrase was: “For a very brief moment I hesitated to stop. But the thought of something major being wrong with the car and my partner getting stuck taking care of it flashed quickly through my brain, so I quickly braked slowed and pulled into a parking lot.”

There actually was no “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.” It’s probably why I kept missing the train. Until the last (fourth) try, I kept to the speed limit, although I did drive like a New Yorker. Thinking of my safety, while trying not to disappoint my granddaughter, while also considering my partner (and the dog). That’s mahakaruna applied to mundane affairs. It wasn’t all about me, and it wasn’t me sacrificing myself for others. But most importantly, I wasn’t the Long Island, New York asshole thinking only about himself and his needs that I was born as.

This is the gift I hope the world will give itself.

There is more to be said on this, and I am currently preparing an article on it that will published in the “Knowledge Again” section of the Proem of “Tranquillity’s Secret.” It’s will be titled: “Métis: The Power Of A Fully-Trained Mind.”