*Grumble* I hate it when I can't be petty.
My friend Cynthia has been sending out daily Buddhist encouragement via email, and they always seem to pertain to what I'm going through, surprise surprise. This is the latest that was particularly apt:
"Shijo Kingo suffered on account of calumny. But the Daishonin told him, "Never let life's hardships disturb you." Those who resort to libelous accusations are defeated as human beings; no action is more lowly and base. We should not be swayed in the least by such despicable actions. Just as we do not put garbage into our mouths, we must not permit such rubbish to enter our hearts. The Daishonin encouraged Shijo Kingo to shut the cowardly behavior of his accusers out of his mind. The Roman philosopher Seneca says that the arrows of slander cannot pierce the heart of a person of wisdom."
*Grumble*
It's good advice.
In other news, I have the chicken pox again. At least, it feels and looks that way since I have bug bites frickin' everywheeeeere. Ouch scratch ouch.
My friend Cynthia has been sending out daily Buddhist encouragement via email, and they always seem to pertain to what I'm going through, surprise surprise. This is the latest that was particularly apt:
"Shijo Kingo suffered on account of calumny. But the Daishonin told him, "Never let life's hardships disturb you." Those who resort to libelous accusations are defeated as human beings; no action is more lowly and base. We should not be swayed in the least by such despicable actions. Just as we do not put garbage into our mouths, we must not permit such rubbish to enter our hearts. The Daishonin encouraged Shijo Kingo to shut the cowardly behavior of his accusers out of his mind. The Roman philosopher Seneca says that the arrows of slander cannot pierce the heart of a person of wisdom."
*Grumble*
It's good advice.
In other news, I have the chicken pox again. At least, it feels and looks that way since I have bug bites frickin' everywheeeeere. Ouch scratch ouch.
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