Do we need an ending for something new to begin?

Monday night, pijamas, couch, chai tea and Jay LaMontagne playing quietly (thanx Brad!) maybe I can do a little writing since the mood seems just right tonight. I’ve been a bit mellow lately, maybe it’s been my new music or the fact that things aren’t going very well at work, could be I’m missing someone but god knows who! Maybe it’s like that John Mayer song, the love song for no one lol

This year has gone by so so so fast, could be its all just flashing before my eyes and again the end of year is arriving. Those who know me well know that I’m not the best person to be around when the Xmas and New Years season comes around, ugh! Still can’t put my finger on it yet, why I hate the season. Could be the superficial materialistic smell in the air or the fact that I can never make any special plans being as I always depend on what my kids will be up to. Could be that its as simple as facing the end of yet another year, one more gone by, forcing you to turn around and just wonder how on earth it went by without you even noticing.

I’ve had one too many endings in my life, seasons, relationships, stages, feelings, people, must I go on? For most of us the ending of something is just another occasion for sadness and regret, it’s so hard to remember and just remind ourselves that it is just a natural part of life. After all, life is a process, not something we can just get over with easily. If we are so aware of this, why do we still let it get to us? Read the rest of this entry »

Earth Day - Relationships

EARTH DAY and yes, more words from the Dalai Lama, need to get myself in tune with good vibes.

The Dalai Lama gives his thought about Relationships:

The need for simple human to human relationships is becoming increasingly urgent

Today the world is smaller and more interdependent. One nations problems can no longer be solved by itself completely.

Thus, without a sense of universal responsibility, our very survival becomes threatened.

Basically, universal responsibility is feeling for other people’s suffering just as we feel our own.

We must recognize that all beings want the same thing that we want.

It is the realization that even our enemy is entirely motivated by the quest for happiness.

This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration

Relationships

Wise words from the Dailai Lama

Consider the following.

We humans are social beings.

We come into the world as the result of others actions.

Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others activities.

For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.