Every night when I go to bed I do a Powa practice in which I imagine I am laying myself down for the last time in this body. I imagine those breaths are my last. And that as I slip into sleep I am leaving this world not just for the night but for the last time. I reflect on the life I’ve lived up to this point. On the triumphs and the failures. The satisfactions and the regrets. I contemplate what I would have done differently and what I would have done the same. I express gratitude to those I’ve shared life with and who have touched me. And I say goodbye. I release. Then I wake up the next morning. Open my eyes and feel grateful for a another day. Another chance to learn from my mistakes, love better, be more present and live as if this were my last day in this life. It is a practice that has profoundly changed the way I live my life.