A Dios Mio

Imagine our surprise to realize we had arrived at an ALL (perhaps I should say ONLY) Spanish-speaking pharmacy for our first covid vaccine in Hialeah, Florida, on Monday….

I would be lying if I said I was not nervous.

Hell, I was nervous before we drove across the state of Florida.

Seeing where we were was just the next step!

I was tapping away on the side of my hand.

Sheldon Kopp (29 March 1929 – 29 March 1999) was a psychotherapist and author, based in Washington, D.C. Very powerful hint to his person-hood that his month and day of birth is the same as his month and day of transition….

What I most remember Sheldon for is “An Eschatological Laundry List: A Partial Register of the 927 (or was 928?) Eternal Truths. .” Specifically # 33.

All important decisions must be made on the basis of insufficient data.

We did not know the CVS pharmacy we had registered at for our vaccines was in a Cuban-American community.

We did not know you could confuse Preparation H with tooth paste if you did not read Spanish.

We did not know we would be treated with kindness and patience, but we were.

In English “a dios mio” means “Oh, my goodness.” If the “D” is capitalized, it means, “Oh, God….”

# 32 is probably worth noting as well. We must live with the ambiguity of partial freedom, partial power, and partial knowledge.

Of course, things are more obvious now.

I hope you will take time to read the whole laundry list from If you meet the Buddha on the Road kill him, by Sheldon Kopp. (Sheldon Press, London, 1974, pages 165-167)

I don’t know if the typos are on purpose but # 43 reminds us to forgive ourselves again and again and again and again….