Medicine

 Some people mix up the idea of medicine and vaccine in their spiritual practice.  A vaccine is something you take once, or once a year.  Medicine is something you take daily while you have an illness that requires it.  I want spiritual health.  Doing something like prayer once a year is not going to do it.  I need a daily medicine, a daily practice of prayer and service.  Prayer gets my attitude right, so I can do service right.  It is not much good trying to be helpful while holding a resentment.  People go on retreats or rehab programs or pilgrimages.  Good, but it is more a vaccine than a medicine.  What do you do on a daily basis?  We all like those spiritual highs.  But the growth comes in the daily practice.  Trudge if you must, but persist.