FRIENDS & ENEMIES

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
– Frank Outlaw

How true.i have to constantly check myself and remind myself not to go out of line..throw away all bad thoughts, bad words, actions, bad habits etc...and how powerful positive thoughts can be...negativities will only pull me down....also, each moment is the result of the preceeding moment.....just woke up and feel motivated to start the 2nd day of the new year on a right footing....destiny is in my hands...and feet...;o)

Friends, enemies and strangers..its just strange how a dream can have an effect on us...i guess no one is a friend, enemy or stranger for all time...a friend can become an enemy overnight and my enemy actually turned out to be my best friend...so many previous lifetimes since beginningless time, all of us have either harmed or shown great affection to each other ....i have to learn to subdue my feeling of attachment and develop equanimity to all...and think..everyone of us are exactly in the same boat..that all wish to BE HAPPY and be free from all sufferings...

Everyday i wake up and think, May all beings BE HAPPY ..have happiness and its causes, be free from sufferings etc etc..but they are all words until i have developed true equanimity..if i can pacify my feelings of attachment n aversion towards friends n enemies...it will be beneficial to my peace of mind...and reach my goal of generating that precious bodhimind...my whole life will be wasted if I do not put others before myself...

*pray* Let this be a fruitful week..practice patience..and the holy road is STILL worth every thorny step i take..i guess its ok to make mistakes, stumble and fall, pick myself up and start all over again...I have to forget everything and start from ground zero...better late then never!

Let the obstacle course begin...

~SkyGoddess