Today I took the Kid back to Bristol - he has to go, he's got some exams coming up very soon. It was good to have him here and helpful too. I'm pleased to notice how he has grown up. He is a young man, not a boy. Capable of taking responsibility in his own hands, confident in making desisions for himself and for the others (few embarassing moments for his mom when he had to take the lead and was so better then me in it! Made me so proud of my son!) the only "dissapointment" for me is that he's got himself a new motorbike now - more powerful then the one he had before - red flashing lights in mom's eyes: danger! danger! but the bike is so cool, actually - it's blue and somewhat sexy...well, the seat is deffinitely has that special comfort "touch", you know (you didn't really think that I can see the bike and resist trying it out?!) I can confirm: the bike is cool but I'd prefer it to be someone else's bike anyway. So that was my day - driving up and down the motorway in a company of my thoughts and my music...
Instead of the positive thought for today I'll share a story someone else posted on Daily Strength site. I found it to be wise and to be inspiring and that justified it for sharing.
A Sufi teaching story tells of the man who visited a great mystic to find out how to let go of the chains that bound him, his chains of attachment...
"Oh tell me oh holy and wise one, how I might break free from the chains that bind me?".........Instead of answering him directly, the shaman jumped to his feet and bolted to a nearby pillar and flung his arms around it, grasping the marble surface as he screamed, "Save me from this pillar! Save me from this pillar!"
The man who had asked the question could not believe what he saw. He thought the mystic was mad. The shouting soon brought a crowd of people. "Why are you doing that?" the man asked. "I came to you to ask a spiritual question because I thought you were wise, but obviously you are crazy. You are holding the pillar. The pillar is not holding you. You can simply let go."
The mystic let go of the pillar and said to the man, "If you can understand that, you have your answers. Your chains of attachment are not holding you, you are holding them, and you can simply let go."
Instead of the positive thought for today I'll share a story someone else posted on Daily Strength site. I found it to be wise and to be inspiring and that justified it for sharing.
A Sufi teaching story tells of the man who visited a great mystic to find out how to let go of the chains that bound him, his chains of attachment...
"Oh tell me oh holy and wise one, how I might break free from the chains that bind me?".........Instead of answering him directly, the shaman jumped to his feet and bolted to a nearby pillar and flung his arms around it, grasping the marble surface as he screamed, "Save me from this pillar! Save me from this pillar!"
The man who had asked the question could not believe what he saw. He thought the mystic was mad. The shouting soon brought a crowd of people. "Why are you doing that?" the man asked. "I came to you to ask a spiritual question because I thought you were wise, but obviously you are crazy. You are holding the pillar. The pillar is not holding you. You can simply let go."
The mystic let go of the pillar and said to the man, "If you can understand that, you have your answers. Your chains of attachment are not holding you, you are holding them, and you can simply let go."