I just finished reading Natalie Goldberg's Long Quiet Highway (I am a couple of decades behind the times!). In it she talks about an experience she had where she finally chose being a writer vs. being a Zen student. I can see the value in that, in needing to clarify the essence of oneself. What am I really going to do with these few breaths I (may or may not) have left? What do I really want to dive deeply into to the exclusion of all else?
But for me, I don't see the need to make that decision just yet. Though maybe I already have...
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