...to abandon coffee shops and fancy restaurants.
I REALLY benefit in this life from coffee shops and had a good 5 years of fancy restaurants with hubby, pre marriage in Toronto. And Montreal.
I have come to realize that if some people can suffer like the poor lost people on east hastings in Vancouver, so can we all in the eternity of our rebirths. I have been asking for the middle way since day one in buddhism for me after crazy wisdom as a youth.
Middle way between rebirths to me would be certainly letting go of certain luxuries well acquainted with in his current lifetime. This abundance, this ease, this happiness we all may experience right now, is not eternal except in this very moment. I cherish it deeply and thank god profusely for such ease and relative wealth and companionship so good for our happiness.