Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Thursday, August 11, 2005

My new colleagues

Surprisingly, I do think one is a Super Powerful Choleric, one is Popular Sanguine (maybe a bit choleric), and another is Peaceful Phlegmatic/Perfect Melancholy. Sigh, they are a bit too noisy for me, as they know each other and was shouting to each other at the other side of the office, minus the peaceful phlegmatic who is a bit quieter. Perhaps it's good I wasn't sitting there. Just too much noise for me, and I had a bad day attending to work demands, can hardly cope, even missed lunch.

I appear too friendly to them, I think, I don't think they will be afraid of me! Well, two more days and I'll "disappear"...

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