A Strawberry...

MAYBE YOU REMEMBER the story of the woman running from tigers. At the edge of a cliff she spots some vines, grabs them and climbs down.  But looking down she sees that there are tigers down below too.  Even worse, she notices that a mouse is gnawing the vine she is grasping.

But she also spots the most beautiful bunch of wild strawberries growing close by.  She looks up, she looks down.  She glances at the mouse.  She then pulls a luscious bright red berry off the bunch, pops it into her mouth, enjoys it like no other. 

Tigers above, tigers below, life is what it is.  Every precious moment, every strawberry is worth the effort. 


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HAPPY NEW YEAR...2012

IT IS INTERESTING to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

  Washington Irving


Don't forget to laugh...HAPPY NEW YEAR/ 2012!


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HOPE ENOUGH...

                                                                Dorothy's  Slippers


AS GOETHE said: 
     " Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future".


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OPEN...

BODHICITTA...Heart and mind completely open.


"Everyone loves something, even if it's only tortillas".

         Trungpa Rinpoche


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Within

WHAT LIES BEHIND US and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Essential...

...." I FIND THAT it's essential during the day to actually note when I feel happiness or when something positive happens, and to begin to cherish those moments as precious....."

Pema Chodron

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Simple as Apples....

Karma is as simple as apples.

KARMA is not something complicated or philosophical.  Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind.  Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practise of karma.

Lama Thubten Yeshe

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