Sunshine
What does it mean to stand for what you believe in? How do you know whether you are just being stubborn, ignorant or crazy? I guess that is always the question; along with the accompanying risk of putting your foot down for something. Lately, I have been trying to stand up for what I believe in, bit by bit. Simple things.
In our Pagoda there is much to do and not many people to do it. And everyone needs help!
It is a common occurrence that I blindly think, “What I am doing is not so important. What they are are doing is more important.”
So, often, I say, “Yes, I can help” and forget about my practice or work. Or, I hide so I don’t have to confront the plea.
But, it seems, both of these avoid dealing with the reality. If I think that my work, meditation or rest is of use to my mental and physical well being, then it is of worth!
Of course there is always the voice in my head that says, “You are so selfish! How dare you dismiss their needs! You should be ashamed!”
But happily this guilt-endowing voice is getting more and more quite.
Really, if we work ourselves to the bone, to sicknesshuegioi31, to anger, to frustration or to depression on a regular basis, what good can we be to the rest of the world?
There is one meditation master who says, “The pen is mightier than the sword, but the smile is mightier than the pen.”
Only if we can be sunshine in this world is our time worth while.
So, please arrange your time and your day.
Stand for what you believe in, take care of your mind today and be sunshine!
awesome post, hue gioi. thanks! that last line is a great inspiration. :)
Hue Ngo would like me to reply to your post. He wants cake!
ha! I’m just reading this today! I will try to send some soon. worst case scenario I’ll make chris be a cake/cookie messenger for me when he goes over :)
hahaha