using the idea of impermanence

[roger]

I experienced a very great healing recently when I was in Myrtle Beach.

 

I went to a restaurant I always go to when I'm there, and ordered the southwestern tacos.

 

They come with jalepenos, and I really like jalepenos.

 

Well, the waitress forgot to bring the jalepenos.

 

So I was waiting for her to come back to the table so I could ask her for them.

 

Then I thought to myself, after I finish eating here, my dining experience will be in the PAST, and in a sense, it won't matter if I got to enjoy the jalepenos.

 

It was really amazing how much better I felt. It may seem like a petty thing to be so frustrated about, not getting to have a certain food, but I was pretty bummed out sitting there waiting for her to come back to the table until I thought about the impermanence.

 

I didn't end up asking her for them, because I finished my tacos before she came back.

 

After I thought about the impermanence, I felt 100% better and felt no need at all for the jalepenos.

[子泰]

best wishes

Edited July 1, 2016 by 子泰

[子泰]

best wishes

Edited July 1, 2016 by 子泰

[9th]

its a pretty small start, but you gotta start somewhere

 

there is an old story about a king who wanted a gift that would make him sad when he was happy, and happy when he was sad... he was given a ring engraved with the phrase:  "this too shall pass"