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."

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A "contentment" a day makes the doctor goes away

Perhaps I should start to practise this. After the "7 bliss in 7 days incident", I tend to look for more good things in my life, even with some last minute assignments that i got last week. Well, life does look more pretty with a more positive outlook. I think this was one of the points brought up by Bro NW in the Buddhist Devotional Practices talk which I attended last week in BGF, part of the 6 series of EMT. And I did managed to look for something good, at least one thing, in every day of my life.

20071209 (Sun) - Attended the Buddhist Devotional Practices talk by Bro. NW at BGF. Was good, either I was prepared to listen or he was really very good in his talk. Reminded me of how I've tried these practices about 10 years ago, but somehow I have "forgotten" about it along the way. I must make some effort to get back on the path...

20071210 (Mon) - Had dinner with WS at the Jap restaurant at Bugis Junction, and bought my Christmas gift for DC's Xmas Party on Sat, and also a small souvenir for myself. I was very happy with my purchase.

20071211 (Tue) - Nothing much happened, actually, it was quite a full day and we ended up going home at about 9pm. Had soup at Bugis Junction with TC.

20071212 (Wed) - Went to Bugis Junction again to get the same Xmas gift for my parents. Then went to Long Beach at East Coast Park for chilli crab, with EF, AT, DN, and HL.

20071213 (Thu) - Went to Bugis Junction again! This time to change the Xmas gift for another set, cause it was a bit faulty. And I bought a few more pieces of Xmas gifts for my colleagues. After that... another chilli crab dinner at Jumble, Clarke Quay, with EF, AT, DN and DL... it was DL's birthday!

20071214 (Fri) - Managed to crunch out some numbers yesterday night (which resulted in only 2 hours sleep). Anyway, quite happy with it though I was quite tired the rest of the day. PM treated us to Egyption lunch at Cafe La Caire. Then - I wonder what luck we had - at the airport, we were queing for check-in, for security check, and had to rush to buy some alchoholic drinks and then rushed to snap a few pictures, and rushing to the gate for boarding... but it was fun, haha, doing this with DN and DL.

20071215 (Sat) - Xmas party at Izzi, KL! Games were fun... good company...

20071216 (Sun) - Attended the last of the EMT series, which was on "Time Management". Interesting... a lot of very good ideas brought up by the speaker TK Chan.
I should do this more often, reflect on the good incidents every day, appreciate my life now, and look forward to life with a good purpose every day!

20071217 (Mon) - Came back to MY office... Quite good to be able to have a reunion with my previous project team. A couple of surprises (good and bad) in store for me as well.

ttg

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