Daniel Gottlieb is a quadriplegic, and when his grandson was 14 months, he was diagnosed with autism. He started writing him letters that were complied in 'Letters to Sam'. Above is an excerpt from that book.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What are your three millimeters of the universe? Can you share a personal story of a time you became aware of the three millimeters of the universe entrusted to you? What helps you stay rooted to caring for your three millimeters?
My 3 millimetres was my family but I got careless and it was taken away from me. Now I take care of my 1 millimetre -- me in the hope that if I nourish "me", "me" will grow into "we" again.
My three millimeters of the universe is my family, and now that I do not have them around I realize it had been entrusted to me and now they have been taken away. My slow ongoing rrealizations and acceptance of this fact helps me to be humble and do whatever I can do to restore the lost piece of paradise.
My three millimeters is the little bit that I occupy in time and space. On the one hand it seem insignificant. On the other hand, my three millimeters affects all the other millimeters in the universe in either a positive or negative way. The universe is different based on my care for the three millimeters entrusted to me. When I became truly aware that all that is is one,that I am part of the all that is, and when I learned a little about karma, my way of looking at the universe and others changed. In a word, I became more compassionate. What helps me to stay rooted in caring for my three millimeters is awareness that we are all in this together and what I do affects all.