A Relationship???

“A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.”

 

Woody Allen from "Annie Hall"

Buddha Day.....a few words of wisdom and a story

Today, April 8th, is Buddha Day.
Unfortunately, I don't know why it's Buddha Day. I tried looking it up online but I haven't had any luck. (If anyone finds out the origin of Buddha Day, I'd love to know.)

Anyhoo, I thought that I'd put up a few Buddha sayings that I enjoy.


Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

Words have the power to both destroy and heal.
When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."



The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.

"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

"He is able who thinks he is able."

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”
(hmmm...I should mention that I'm not that great at meditation but I ain't ignorant, much)

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

And, of course, we need just had to have a story.......This is from a blog I put up on my The Stories La Tells blog


Advice from a Three Year Old or WWBD?
(What Would Buddha Do?)

Late last night as I was looking through a book of stories, this story caught my attention.
I thought it would make a good addition this blog.
Apparently my subconscious loved the story because even in my sleep and in my first waking moments the story was still with me.
So I have decided to "exorcise" it quickly.


There was once a famous artist who decided that he wanted to study the works of Buddha and attain enlightenment. He thought that the best way to do this was to seek the most famous and wisest teacher and ask him, "What was the most important thing that Buddha taught?"

The artist traveled to the other side of the world to find the teacher he sought. When at last he found the teacher, he asked him, "What was the most important thing that Buddha taught?"

"Do not harm anyone and only do good," was the teacher's immediate response.

"What?" shouted the indignant artist. "You are the most famous of teachers! You are supposed to be wise beyond your years! And this is all you can tell me? A three year old could have told me the same thing!"

The teacher, who had sat quietly through the entire speech, looked at the artist and said, "A three year old could have said the same thing but it is a very difficult thing to practice, even for one as old as myself."
(A Zen tale retold by LLL, Storyteller)


Yes, this teeny little story has been stuck in my head all night and half the day. Why? Aside from the fact that I like stories, I think that it's because it's so simple a truth…….but not so simple to practice.
Makes you think.

Love, Laughter, Peace and Blessings!

I wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold
Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon




Somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to you glad.
John Greenleaf Whittier

Thoughts for Thursday

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson



When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck


The purpose of life is a life of purpose. ~Robert Byrne


The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb




I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~Elwyn Brooks White


Life is simple, its just not easy. ~Author Unknown


A life without cause is a life without effect. ~Barbarella


Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ~Richard Bach

Dorothy says......

Take care of luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker says.....

Hmmmm....me, too!

Dorothy Says.....

When asked to use the word horticulture during a game of Can-You-Give-Me-A-Sentence, Parker replied:
You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.

Hope.....

"Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future." * Robert H. Schuller

Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve

Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all. ~Emily Dickinson

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott

To love means loving the unlovable.
To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable.
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
1874-1936, British Author

Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg

Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope.
~Author Unknown

Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian

Check out A Tale of Hope @ The Stories La Tells

Love ....Random Thoughts (not mine)

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin. "Love is the beauty of the soul."

--St. Augustine

"They said that if you are unable to sleep, it's because there's someone thinking about you...surely that person misses you.
That's why if you can't sleep, sorry, I can't help it."
Anonymous

Love is as much of an object as an obsession, everybody wants it, everybody seeks it, but few ever achieve it, those who do will cherish it, be lost in it, and among all, never... never forget it.
Curtis Judalet

Where love rules, there is no will to power; where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Carl Jung

"When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams."
Dr Seuss

"How can anyone be afraid of Love?"

She didn't understand that. "How can anyone be afraid of love?"

"How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone...truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt___you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling__like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough.... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?"

Excerpt from Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Why did I put this up?
Because when I read this it meant something to me.
Okay, I like to think I am an upbeat person and I don't dwell on the negative but this seemed to be soooo.....ummm.....I don't know....true???

So, what do you think?
Really.....I want to know.

I'll be waiting....somewhat impatiently for your answer!

Love, Laughter, Peace and Blessings y'all!
La

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From Mother Theresa to Adrienne Gusoff ????

Ha!! You are wondering what the connection is aren't you?
Well....there isn't any!
Nope...well not unless you count the fact that I have quotes from both of them.

Adrienne Gustoff is a writer and motivational speaker who lives in New York City.
She has a marvelous website Bubby Gram which specializes in Jewish Mother Singing Telegrams, Celebrity Clones, and other unique acts. The site also has lots of other fun information and some of the funniest products.

It also has a yiddish mini dictionary which is how I found the site.
I was looking for the yiddish word for someone who is really confused and complains but likes to act as if they are suffering for your sake.
Oy! It's a long story....you don't wanna know. But have you noticed these things sound better in Yiddish?

Anyway....so I found all these great products with fabulous sayings, lots of great quotes and well...here we are! The two graphics at the beginning of the blog are example of the saying available as t-shirts and such on her site (I am sooo buying t-shirts with those sayings).
And here are a few of my favorite quotes......

"With all the crap I have to put up with, I've stockpiled enough Karma to be Queen of the World in my next life"

"I have often depended on the blindness of strangers."

"The world is round; it has no point."

"Shopping is better than sex. At least after shopping, if you're not satisfied, you can exchange it for something you really like."

"If the shoe fits, it's too expensive."

"Not only is life a bitch, but it is always having puppies."

"Any woman who thinks the way to a man's heart is through his stomach is aiming about 10 inches too high."

"Actions speak more loudly than good grammar."

"I don't want to work but I have to work to make enough money so I don't have to work"

Hope you enjoyed these!
Love, Laughter, Peace and Blessing!
La

Mother Theresa Quotes....

I love quotes...good quotes.
Today I came across some good quotes by Mother Theresa.


If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong
to each other.
Mother Teresa

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to
that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the
beginning of love.
Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather
the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well.
They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste.
When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the
ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now
qualified to do anything with nothing.
Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Mother Teresa

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to
love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve
hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved
in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our
love for each other must start.
Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can
be no more hurt, only more love.
Mother Teresa


Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa


We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless.
The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa


Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for
greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children
have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for
each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Mother Teresa


I hope you have enjoyed these little bits of wisdom from Mother Theresa.
Remember to SMILE!!

Love, Laughter, Peace and Blessings to you all!