Daily Archives: June 20, 2012

Human Being Instead of Human Doing

Many days I wonder about what other are doing, what causes them to do it, and what I can do to control their behaviours. I used the word do a lot in that first sentence. When I wonder that way, I become angry, frustrated, and hurt. I become a human doing instead of a human being. Being present and living each moment mindfully is part of this being.

Some words and an image to help us be today. Happy summer solstice.

The art of life isn’t controlling what happens, which is impossible; it’s using what happens.

~Gloria Steinem

Who else would like to be a flower? Thank you to lijuin for an inspiring thought.

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Imagine if we see a heap of garbage, it’s so stinky & smelly.

What we are going to do?

Find a way to get rid of it, right?

Do you know what is the expectation from Buddha towards His Disciples?

To be a flower that can grow in the heap of garbage, use the garbage as fertilizer and shine out the environment without changing the nature of garbage.

Turn the garbage to be a garden full of flower.

Are you the shinning flower?

Normally, human nature hope to change others or the environment but not OURSELVES.

Based on the Buddha teaching, we need to look inward for purification before we are asking others to make any changes in life.

Be the flower that can evolve from the garbage!

People will notice once you’ve transform, showing the wholesome characters-compassion, gratitude, generosity, selfless, metta, wisdom and others. 

Let’s show a life example…

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Teachers as Storytellers

Think of the people we call teachers, not just in classrooms but in every facet of our lives. A quality they share is storytelling. They connect with our hearts and minds. We laugh, cry, yell, and carry on in every imaginable way with them. We remember them not because of what they taught us, but what they revealed about themselves and helped us discover about our self.

The best teachers are the best storytellers. We learn in the form of stories.

~Frank Smith