‘Fix me a drink’, he asked, again and again. Forgetting again and again, that he could it himself, that he needn’t bother someone else or disappoint himself with rejection, again and again.
For whom the bell tolls? For the asker of this, at least, who hears it, who wonders this, and you, the reader too.
He didn’t like it that many books seem to be coded, heavily laden with technical and cultural terms. It made him feel inadequate, although he took some comfort that it means many writers are the inadequate too. It was only half his fault that he couldn’t understand them? The other half must be theirs?
They say when you see yourself, it is time to die. But there is another way to see yourself, and another way to die - when you see yourself so clearly by reflection, that you decide to change for the better - to be reborn, without actual death.
His blindness was no longer a weakness; but a strength, not because he overcame it, but because he accepted that he couldn’t, and yet made do best he can. It is a strength because even most who are not blind cannot accept such blindness, be it his or potentially theirs. They are the handicapped ones.
Suspecting him to be the backstabber at first, the more he looked at him, the more he looked like one. Realising he was not the backstabber later, the more he looked at him, the less he looked like one.
She made her jobscope so crystal clearly defined, that she hardly offered any help to colleagues beyond her obligations. Naturally, she was hardly offered any help by them beyond their obligations.
His towering stacks of books all over the room was a sign of his great knowledge. But the toppling of them onto him, almost drowning him in a sea of words was a sign of his great lack of wisdom. He had enough knowledge for application but not enough wisdom to apply them - not [...]
Forgetting that death is eventual, that it can come all too sudden, he was contented that he was ‘completely healed’, that he had come across a ‘masterful’ healer, who could not even heal his own terminal ‘illness’ of ‘life’.
She thought the idea of nudity was arbitrary and absurd. A girl who bares her top is considered naked, while a guy who bares his not really naked. Who decides who is more naked?
She realised she didn’t really like the iced lemon tea there, since the tea was often too sweet or the lemon too little. What she really liked was ‘going there for it’, not so much ‘it’ itself’.
There again after many years, but seeing instead an unfamiliar renovated place with strangers, he realised what he missed wasn’t the association’s headquarters, but his past associating with his past associates there.
He wrote on the photograph he snapped: ‘Wished I was there’, for he was so occupied with capturing the perfect shot, that he didn’t really immerse in the scenery beyond the viewfinder.
He wanted a good life, but had forgotten that he had to be a good person first - not just to himself, but to others’ lives too. If not, of what good and how good could his life be?
: skip to main skip to sidebar All About Buddhism I hope this blog will be a good discussion point for all buddhists and followers in other religions . As a buddhist I personally believe that it will be useful for any person in this planet to gather some logical facts and advices described in THRIPTAKA TRIPITAKA the book for buddhism like Bible for catholisism and christianity Sunday , August 26, 2012 Buddhism in a Logical Context Unlike other religions , lord buddha is not The God An incarnation of God A messenger of God Buddha is a normal human being . He was born as a normal child from mother's womb . He suffered from illnesses and passed away as a common person . He didn't claim any superior powers from external immortal sources . Instead he revealed the ultimate truth in the world .
Thought after watching ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’: How do you really trust anyone, including yourself? If you are completely trustworthy, why are you not enlightened yet, totally aligned with truth? Obviously, there must be self-deceit going on to some extent! How do you really trust anyone, including others, who reveal information under torture? Is it [...]