You could, occasionally, simply ask yourself: “What decision would I make if I knew that this was the last year of my life?” This could be a practice of looking at your life; especially in terms of major decisions. For certain other decisions you could reduce the time scale to one month. Having the support of your Lama and vajra family, can be really crucial in this. Your vajra brothers and sisters are very important in terms of actualising your own courage when life gets a little too ferocious.p240, Wearing the Body of Visions, Ngakpa Chögyam, Aro Books, 1995, ISBN 1-898185-03-4