For every moment you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness. - Anon.
The Parable of the Empty Boat.
A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery. He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes, and begins his meditation. After a few hours of undisturbed silence, he suddenly feels the bump of another boat colliding with his own. With his eyes still closed, he senses anger bubbling up. By the time he opens his eyes, he is ready to scream at the boatman who dared disturb his meditation. But when looks, he sees that the boat is empty! It had probably got untethered and floated to the middle of the lake. At that moment, the monk achieves Self-Realization, and understands that the anger he so righteously feels, is within him. It merely needs the bump of an external object to provoke it out of him. From then on, whenever he comes across someone who irritates him or provokes him to anger, he reminds himself, “This person is merely an empty boat. It's not what's making me angry - the anger is already within me. If I didn't have anger, it wouldn't come out". And then chooses how to respond instead. Not reacting angrily doesn't mean you don't care about something, sometimes it means you care enough about yourself to walk away. This isn't to say you should never get angry - anger is a part of the human experience and tells you what's important to you. What I'm saying is, use your anger in positive ways. Channel it in ways that you can both, express it safely and let it fuel your power and determination to create a life and experiences that move you forward. And remember what a wise person once said - anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. I think most of us have to work on this...
May good heallth,luck, happiness and peace be with you in every momen of your life, with each new day and with each day let it brig you nothing but the best.Hugs,Mabel
Good Evening June, It was 55 for thehigh but it did not feel that warm. Wind blowing some made it feel colder like 48. You might not be able to drive home, and they might not let you. So you should have some one go with you. Have a good Tuesday. Take care. Bro. Doc
Evening very raw day heavy rains and winds
low 50's still rainy tomorrow also., I have eye doctors appointment
tomorrow., check my eye from the surgery plus to dilate my eyes., hope to be able to drive home. hope you had a great start of a new week,
Good Night june you really take a chance driving when you are dizzy and with your eyes dillated. one day you are going to hear someone else if you don't care about hurting yourself. Doesn't your son say something to you about it
