With the opening of the retreat schedule – and the on-going sickness of the community – Ajahn Jotipālo offers us a set of ever-practical tools for reflection derived from the Suttas. In reflecting on these tools, he gives us ways to use the ever-changing human condition skillfully, whether it means putting forth more energy, caring for others, or preparing for the inevitability of death, so that we may always have the opportunity to realize liberation. This talk includes a reading of the Gelañña Sutta, and was offered on January 21, 2017 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.