Archive for July, 2009
Obviously!
Some folks grow impatient when others state the obvious. They shouldn’t– really.I’m an obvious talker, therefore, when I hark back to a simpler approach or say something they very well should know or comprehend, but have, or chosen to overlook, I see in their eyes a glaze of irritation.
But I know something, and they know it too. That is, if they take a moment to think, they would realize that the obvious is frequently overlooked for some grander way. It’s like air. We don’t give it a second thought until we gasp for it when we have little warning of losing it.
Paraphrasing a Zen parable I read in Wayne Dyer’s latest book, Excuses Begone!, a wise monk called Birdnest, because of his fondness of meditating in trees, was visited by a governor of the province. He wearily traveled three days to ask his burning question. When the governor approached the monk, perched in a tree, he called up and asked, “Can you tell me the most important thing the Buddha ever said?” After a deliberate pause, the monk answered, “Don’t do bad things; always do good things!” The governor was agitated and angrily responded, ” I knew that when I was three years old!”
Birdnest concluded by saying “Yes, the three year old knows it, but the eighty-year-old still finds it very difficult to do!”
Posted on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
Take the High Road
It’s warmer and brighter the higher you go. Sometimes the terrain is rockier and steeper, but once there, the feeling lasts –and builds. What feeling? One that plants itself on your very soul. And one that is pure. One that reflects who you are and want to be.
Take the high road.
Leave the low road to those at ease in the cold, dark muck below. It’s a self serving and fruitless journey. Some frequently travel there. This path renders lasting feelings–and it, too, builds upon itself.
Posted on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
