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...
Jesus wants to give you peace. Not the peace that comes from the world but the peace that comes from Heaven. Alleluia, glory be to God. Seek for the powerful hand of the LORD. Amen!
ita a good day just stay in bed its a rainny day yet i wish everyone a nice day, my fur babies and sunny the bird is all feed. good day to watch movies or what sunny say good to lisson to music. me ilove watching murder she wrote and later general hospital. love mary, beauty, sunny, and king.
good morning everyone hope everyone hve a great day, today i be going to a doctor apointment to get my flu shot, iam trying to figure out if i should skip my zumba this morning, my apt. is at 11. its already going on 10.30. oh well. have a good day love mary
wow whata day i had so far i was on the phone like 30 min. made a apoimtment frist they gave me the wrong department press this number exc. then finaly i got threw they tell me i have to get a referal from the doctor so i hang up i call my doctor they put me on music finaly they told me they call me when its ready ok. while i had my doctor office i have my flue shot on wednesday 9. then gh general hospital was on my cell phone rang it was mri they said i didnt have to get a referal but i be getting it, so my apointment is oct.22 wednesday next day 23 eyedoctor. flu shot, mri, eye doctor all at once welcome october lol
Our weather is cooling off....enjoying the 70s & some 80s....even got some rain last week...Watching the post season base ball games....Hope you have a great New week...Hugs Lorribelle54
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