“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive -to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius
Spending time away from home of Eureka and work in Waikato this weekend – What a great way to start off on a journey to wind down and take a breather off my mind along with our work colleagues in Coromandel! Just six of us under Methodist City Action – Hamilton Methodist Social Service. What a laptop here with me?? A pen and notebook would be good, but I need some assistance to improve my writing and collect new words.
How bliss the sunshine shining here through the window from the mountain and giving warmth and light! For I know the Lord is with us always and count our blessing today.
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” – Jeremiah 17:7-8
How strange to be away from my partner, our three dogs and our home for such a long time! It is a different time when my partner was in the hospital for his new hip replacement early this year. How blissful to sleep in the large bed without a partner, two dogs sleeping on the bed and Joseph the older sleeping on the floor. This means no shuffling, bumping, pulling blankets side by side, even dogs taking our space.
“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” – 2 Corinthians 9:8
The sun rose above the mountain and keep shining on the ground, giving more warmth sunshine, for it was 3oC in the early hour of this morning. Walking around the lounge and found this book I came across. It is worth reading this book.
Looking forward to the rest of the day coming before we head back to our home in Eureka and their homes in Hamilton City tomorrow morning.
“Dōgen states that the eternal Buddha-mind or enlightenment is found in everything from tiles to oceans to mountains to stones.
David Edward Shaner, The Bodymind Experience in Japanese Buddhism“
Enlightenment is found within the mind, not outside it in various worldly phenomena. It is found in wisdom, not ignorance, in virtue and purity, not evil and pollution.
“William Bodri, Socrates and the Enlightenment Path”
Life in Eureka 