Inner Peace, and Living the Good Life!
By barehugs
@barehugs (8973)
Canada
January 21, 2009 8:27pm CST
If you can start the day without caffeine,and get going without pep pills,
Always stay cheerful, ignore your aches and pains, resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, and
understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time.
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,and resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend.
If you can conquer tension without medical help, relax without booze, and
sleep without the aid of drugs, And love the man who beats you-
Then, you must be a Dog!
2 responses
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
22 Jan 09
Even dogs have limits to external pressure. We can choose to live our lives like a diamond or a shell. What comes to our mind when we think of the word "peace"? Together with understanding, the self, the experience of peace is an essential ingredient for positive living, that is, for a little of fulfilment and contentment and in the development of our vast potential as a complete human being.
We desire peace. we search for it, undertake all kinds of activities in an attempt to experience it but it is, in fact, the natural state of mind. We need to discover it. All states of mind in which we do not feel "at peace" are unnatural, alien to the true nature of the mind.
Peace comes from having faith in the goodness of God and the oneness of all people. I only live in the present and free myself from all worries. If you believe in God, just sit with God. If not, just sit in peace.
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
22 Jan 09
If you want to see inner peace, look into your dogs eyes. Dogs know instinctively that, "We are One!" A dog has only one state of mind, (unless he's Hungry) and that's Peace, (Unless he's Angry!) Where do you imagine the Olde Saying,"Going to the Dogs" comes from? The origin of this expression is believed to be in ancient China where dogs, by tradition, were not permitted within the walls of cities. Consequently, stray dogs roamed the areas outside the city walls and lived off the rubbish thrown out of the city by its inhabitants. Criminals and social outcast were often expelled from cities and were sent to live among the rubbish – and the dogs. Such people were said to have “gone to the dogs”, both literally in that that was where they were now to be found, and metaphorically in the sense that their lives had taken a distinct turn for the worse. ~English Macmillan dictionary ~
@snowy22315 (208962)
• United States
22 Jan 09
They are really special arent theny? They are much more forgiving and loving than most people that I know. I love my little dog and he is such a big part of my family.
He is a really sweet little guy.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
22 Jan 09
Yeah I used to talk to my dog, and he'd answer me back. We used to have a conversation every day. He's passed over now, but we still talk.When I go to the shop in the morning I'll say, " Well Dog! How's every little thing this morning? Once a dog, always a dog, Right?
