How to know if your practice is bearing results? 

Here’s an example.

Writing an email, I noticed that my name had been changed. I didn’t want my name changed, thank you. So I located a place to re-enter it. After a glance at the message that read something like “Seriously?” I blithely clicked “Yes.” A few seconds later, something told me to hit “Cancel!” After I did that, I started work on a file stored on my desktop.

But it was gone.

What happened?

Then reality dawned. I quickly checked my other files. Gone! I looked in Finder. Here too, everything was gone.

Okay, this is when you determine whether your practice is bearing fruit. I didn’t panic. I was, however, extraordinarily focused. I wondered what on earth I had been thinking when I clicked “Yes.” Then I examined my options in order not to similarly zap my other computer, chose one, murmured “Amituofo,” and hit “Okay”. Slowly my folders repopulated my laptop. This is how you too can see if your practice is bearing fruit.

But only if you have a strong heart. And the “cloud.”