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Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. ~Will Smith

You cannot be great until you break free of the people who hold you back.

12:26 AM Jul 30 2012

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"That's what happens when you're angry at people. You make them part of your life." - Garrison Keillor

3:22 AM Jul 30 2012

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ifindkarma

from 101 zen stories:

Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once travelling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't do near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

6:11 AM Jul 30 2012

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ifindkarma

I love that story, C.

Do you have any more like it?

3:12 PM Aug 28 2012

Life needs more zen koans.

12:23 PM Sep 08 2012

As far as i can tell, life is 99% koan, 1% obvious.

1:05 PM Sep 08 2012

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ifindkarma

I wish life were 99% ice cream, 1% koan.

11:55 PM Sep 08 2012

:)

6:36 PM Aug 28 2012

Do you get it?

12:12 AM Aug 29 2012

I see, but I do not understand.

12:27 AM Aug 29 2012

Do not carry any more than you have to.

2:41 AM Aug 29 2012

True Friends

A long time ago in China there were two friends, one who played the harp skilfully and one who listen skillfully.

When the one played or sang about a mountain, the other would say: "I can see the mountain before us."

When the one played about water, the listener would exclaim: "Here is the running stream!"

But the listener fell sick and died. The first friend cut the strings of his harp and never played again. Since that time the cutting of harp strings has always been a sign of intimate friendship.

1:08 PM Sep 08 2012

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ifindkarma

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