Hi :-D

I work for myself and often on my own, it can be lonely as some days i don't see anyone to talk to. It is also very difficult to keep going in my trade due to the cool summer and the recession here. Without anything to put life into perspective i can end up in a bad place!

   I am in the process of getting a rescue dog from Romania, there are some kind people there who rescue homeless dogs and cats and rehome them, with a pet passport and having had their shots the animals can travel anywhere in Europe to their forever home. There is a animal ambulance that transports them for the various independant rescue organisations.

   I will try and get some pictures or a vid posted when she arives.

Jon :-)

I still check in now and again! :-P

Sometimes when i think i have made some progress with the Dharma it turns out that its like i've just peeled a layer of an onion, theres more of the same delusion and ego beneath!

Jon

I think putting more store in who we are instead of what we look like is a sign of  getting older and wiser.

In my own case i was always a little over weight, maybe a few kgs or so and unhappy about it, then i met someone nice and put more effort in to staying fit, but since that all went wrong, lol, i've got fatter again and truth be told i don't much care now either! Its a bit 'giving up' and a bit 'more important things in life'. As for getting cranky, i'm less likely to put up with things that are wrong or rudeness in others (where in the past i wouldn't have wanted to rock the boat), i don't think its being cranky so much as standing up for myself and in turn showing others what is expected of them in their treatment of other people.

John :-)

Yay! :-D

...still not dead yet!!!

Just thought i'd check in!

Anybody elese not dead too?

John  :-)

Yeah theres no banjo in the Hank Williams tune you linked but it reminded me of the bluegrass tunes that i like.

Got myself a Ozark open back maple banjo!

Jon :-D

I've not listened to much Hank Williams, though thats  just reminded me i haven't been practicing my banjo lately!

I've wanted to be able to play one for years and finally got myself one a few months back, so far can play two notes but not nececcarily at the right time.... :-P

Take care,

Jon :-D

Why hello there yourself 

I'm sorry to hear the news Pummy 

Wise words though, make the most of people while we can.

Jon

Last week i got called in to look at a milk storage tank in a factory thats a five hour round trip away, the maintenance manager insisted they called me in despite there being many more local companies, i'm sure without the benefit of the Dharma i wouldn't be the person i am today who people trust to do a good job and is more comfortable in the company of others.

In my younger years my fear of people was often mistook for arogance and prejudice as i only felt safe by keeping others at a distance both physicaly and emotionally. I still have much work to do 

Jon 

When i hear of these things happening i just feel sad at life or samsara if you like, its just a bit of life happenening to someone for both parties, though my initial sadness is focused more on the abusee, when i get things in perspective i feel sad for both parties, i wouldn't want to be either of them

Jon

Hi Jamie,

I first found Rinpoche on youtube, here was someone who wasn't the usual stuffy and condeming person i associated with religion, i have watched his students grow from affar and grown myself too, though i think my expectations for myself has grown quicker than the improvement leading in my case to a sense of dissatisfaction with myself, though if i reflect on how i am now and how i was i can see such a great improvement, i just don't feel it though. I hope one day my expectations and view of my self will become more realistic.

Jon 

Because practice makes perfect 

Jon