What do you get to have?

You don't get to have everything that you want.

Even the things that you do want, which are good for you, often aren't yours.

You don't get to know everything you want to know.

You don't get to do everything you want to do.

You don’t get to be everything you want to be.

What do you get to have?

You get to have a practice -

a practice which you do over and over again.

A practice, which is another word for your life.

More than doing it once, you get to keep doing what you decided to do.

You get to have a practice that, if you choose, can become more alive instead of dead.