Reading Shambhala, the sacred path of the warrior, by Chogyam Trungpa this morning on the train. Much better than pouring over newspapers going on about bombs and terrorists. When the term Warrior is used it "is taken from the Tibetan pawo, which literally means one who is brave". One thing I enjoyed reading this morning was this...

"The key to warriorship and the first principle of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself. Shambhala vision teaches that, in the face of the world's great problems, we can be heroic and kind at the same time. Shambhala vision is the opposite of selfishness. When we are afraid of the seeming threat the world presents, then we become extremely selfish. We want to build our own little nests, our own cocoons, so they we can live by ourselves in a secure way.

But we can be much more brave than that."

Thus uplifted got on with the business of the day. Trying to work out if I was afraid of who I am. I don't think so.

Work, a bit of a slog alleviated by MJ sending me links to a house in Brighton and then calling.

Michel said that poor Max had taken the day off work being incredibly upset as her friend had died suddenly at the age of 42.

Got a letter today at work from a man in Croatia about my article in European Pharmaceutical Executive on Taboo medical subjects. A pleasant suprise that someone read it.