"The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within, replacing previous negative conditioning or habituation with new positive conditioning. ... Through training we can change; we can transform ourselves." "One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there simply to make you more clever. ... The most important use of knowledge and education is to help us understand the importance of engaging in more wholesome actions and bringing about discipline within our minds. The proper utilization of our education and our knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart." The Dalai Lama captures me with these words. I stumbled across the website for The Art of Happiness , and was intrigued by the simplistic wisdom. Anger, anxiety, stress, hate, fear..etc....they can happen..& maintaining a healthy point of view takes a conscious effort. sidenote : I predict that LOST will end in a way that greatly...
So often we are tempted to venture down the path of least resistance. Faced with challenges and decisions, we visualize our options. Then in the distance, there is a shinning golden opportunity that seems too good to be true. Little effort is needed to lift the lid off the solution box that will instantly eliminate what ales you. Each time you reach for the golden box of pleasent, simple resolution, you realize bits of your soul that are sacrificed. Box after box, all other options begin to lose any mild attraction to you. Suddenly people you loved and looked up to no longer express interest in you. Some cease to see you anymore at all. Resentment is yet another price to pay as you solve the pain of your loss with complete disacknowledgement. Why fight for someone to see you? To notice you again? To like you? That's not what you want from the people you hold dear. Excuse after excuse. Mistake after mistake. There is only ...
Well, after more than a year between now and my last post, a lot has happened. I'll spare you the boring details and jump right into my current enthralling adventure-Home Ownership. In just over a month, we have already refaced 70% of the house, and I will be posting our before and afters. I'll also post the lessons we've been learning the hard way. Hopefully I will spare someone the headaches we've come across (Still washing paint out of my hair). It still amazes me how much we were able to change with just a few days of sun-up to sun-down painting... Before After
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