Grateful I recline and rethink.
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janestarzReading a book of Howard Cutler and the Dalai Lama: The Art of Happiness. I have read only sixty pages so far but I am greatly impressed by the Dalai Lama already.
I find my life and my life philosophy are very different from his. He sees people as humans. A human like he is himself. Such a simple recognition. I see the people around me as christians, cardboard boxes, irritating non-understanding surface-striking. Some patch trough. But beneath that, ofcourse, everyone is human. Realising this, I still walked the school as if I were different than all of them. As frightening as the thought is, the che’ers are all ofcourse humans. I know they have minds, and wishes, and feelings, and dreams.
On another note. The Dalai Lama claims that the meaning of life is to find true happiness, on several different levels. Not only the mere superfluous happiness. (There are more levels to become truly happy at and I won’t tell all. Just read the book. )
For example: you can save all the money in the world and buy the stuff you want but you’ll find that you can’t buy happiness. Somewhere along the lines you’ll realise your wishes are in conflict with the reality.
Continuing, if you have to work hard to acquire a house for yourself where you can be at peace, you’ll appreciate it more. Appreciation of what you have is the first step towards truly being happy.
Now I’ve always said that all the rough times I have had in the past were there for me to learn from. What if I say these rough times are meant for me to learn to realise what I do have and learn to appreciate it?
The simple joy I can find in a nice cup of coffee passes. But realising that I have a house to live in, money to buy food from, and a bed to sleep in should fill me with gratitude and happiness for a long length of days!
Does this sound like new-age babbling to you? Allright. Name five things you are glad you do not have, like ailments, disturbing factors in your life, etc.
Then tell me, how your life pleases you.
I am grateful I am very healthy and I am not sick often even though I have a cold right now.
I am grateful I have a loving mother and a father who wishes to keep in touch with me
I am grateful I have a roof over my head and a friend as a roommate, and a roommate who is my friend.
I am grateful I have friends I can really talk with.
I am grateful because I feel loved.
I find my life and my life philosophy are very different from his. He sees people as humans. A human like he is himself. Such a simple recognition. I see the people around me as christians, cardboard boxes, irritating non-understanding surface-striking. Some patch trough. But beneath that, ofcourse, everyone is human. Realising this, I still walked the school as if I were different than all of them. As frightening as the thought is, the che’ers are all ofcourse humans. I know they have minds, and wishes, and feelings, and dreams.
On another note. The Dalai Lama claims that the meaning of life is to find true happiness, on several different levels. Not only the mere superfluous happiness. (There are more levels to become truly happy at and I won’t tell all. Just read the book. )
For example: you can save all the money in the world and buy the stuff you want but you’ll find that you can’t buy happiness. Somewhere along the lines you’ll realise your wishes are in conflict with the reality.
Continuing, if you have to work hard to acquire a house for yourself where you can be at peace, you’ll appreciate it more. Appreciation of what you have is the first step towards truly being happy.
Now I’ve always said that all the rough times I have had in the past were there for me to learn from. What if I say these rough times are meant for me to learn to realise what I do have and learn to appreciate it?
The simple joy I can find in a nice cup of coffee passes. But realising that I have a house to live in, money to buy food from, and a bed to sleep in should fill me with gratitude and happiness for a long length of days!
Does this sound like new-age babbling to you? Allright. Name five things you are glad you do not have, like ailments, disturbing factors in your life, etc.
Then tell me, how your life pleases you.
I am grateful I am very healthy and I am not sick often even though I have a cold right now.
I am grateful I have a loving mother and a father who wishes to keep in touch with me
I am grateful I have a roof over my head and a friend as a roommate, and a roommate who is my friend.
I am grateful I have friends I can really talk with.
I am grateful because I feel loved.
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Date: 2002-10-17 02:37 am (UTC)