As I drove to work this morning, through a light fog, on a desolate country highway, I rounded a curve and there it was. Right in the middle of the road was a skunk. I managed to miss him, although the lincoln I am currently driving is not known for quick responsiveness. Now those of you who thought the little guy may have skampered away and learned his lesson about playing in the road, alas, it is not to be. Because the skunk I happened upon in the middle of the road had already had a lethal encounter with some other vehicle. While I would have attempted to miss him to save his life, my motives were much more selfish on this occasion. For I swerved to avoid splattering dead skunk all over the car. Tis a far less noble thing I did.
However, as I assume you have read hear on numerous occasions, I am not completely sans heart. I do, on a regular basis practice tonglen for road kill, and again, as I have mentioned, skunk is your ultimate test of you tonglen dedication. Said creature got a healthy sendoff, as my lungs will attest to, and I wish him to find happiness and the root of happiness and I wish him to be free from suffering and the root of suffering. I also hope that he takes merit in some form other than a skunk. As I see it, a skunks job is to be stinky. This young lad was way beyond mastering his craft and I think should probably move on to some other birth that doesn not involve smell, as he has already proved his aptitude for that.
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I think you might of been a skunk in a previous life dear.
In fact, sometimes I am pretty sure you were..
So do say tonglen well for him cause that coulda been you