Eternal Spring

Step by step
a new-born lamb
eternal spring 

Zen Master Soen Nakagawa

1955

In his "Preface" to Endless Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa (presented with an Introduction by Eido Tai Shimano, Shambhala 1996) Kazuaki Tanahashi writes: "Zen Master Soen Nakagawa was a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. As abbot of the historic Ryutaku Monastery, he trained monks and lay practitioners. Among them were Robert Aitken and Philip Kapleau, who later became two of the first Westerners to teach Zen in the United States . . . Soen Nakagawa was also an extraordinary poet. In Japan his haiku are renowned, even though no substantial collection of his work has been made available to the general public."

Attitude Adjustment

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

 - Mary Engelbreit

Filosofizing Frank

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra

The Way You Wear Your Hat (1997)

The Way You Wear Your Hat : Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' (1997) by Bill Zehme

• I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.

• For years I've nursed a secret desire to spend the Fourth of July in a double hammock with a swingin' redheaded broad ... but I could never find me a double hammock.

• Fear is the enemy of logic.

• The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.

• [On religion] I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, benzedrine or a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

Living Simply

1. Accurate Self Knowledge
2. Purging the Unnecessary
3. The Willingness to Say “No”
4. A Focus on Conscious Consumption
5. Cultivating Patience
6. Mindfulness
7. A Desire for Less

Python Love

Photos of the Day 02/14 - The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

Erroll Escobar kisses his partner Princess Madrolejo as they pose for photographers while carrying a 16-foot and 200 kg Albino Burmese Python during a Valentine's Day presentation inside a Malabon zoo, north of Manila.
A survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) from December 3 to December 7 last year shows that only three out of 10 Filipinos would change their religion in the name of love. The SWS noted that the unwillingness to change their religion for their loved ones is strong in all religions, a local media reported.

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Patience

SMART Goals

Mud Volcano

Uploaded by baraaza on May 4, 2011
El Totumo Volcano (Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) is an active mud volcano located near Cartagena Colombia. It's great for a mud bath and natural spa treatment. For more information on things to do in Cartagena see: http://www.baraaza.com/Cartagena-2559198/Travel-Guide.aspx
License: Standard YouTube License

Walking is man's best medicine. - Hippocrates

Toronto doctor's 'magic pill' goes viral - Toronto - CBC News:

CBC News
Posted: Jan 11, 2012

An illustrated video with a simple message about health has received more than a million hits on YouTube, much to the delight of the Toronto doctor who created it.

"My bankability with teenagers has increased significantly," Dr. Mike Evans told CBC News on Wednesday.

Evans is a doctor at St. Michael's Hospital and professor at the University of Toronto. People all over the world are linking to his month-old video from Facebook and Twitter.

Evans says his message — to complete a half-hour of exercise every day — is like a magic pill to cure aches and pains.

"I've got a pill that's going to help with your arthritis, help with your depression, help with your anxiety, help with your obesity, help prevent cancer," he said.

The video cites studies from the world, including research that shows even overweight people have fewer health problems when active.