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A Foundation Worth Supporting

This last week I went on a retreat to the Black Mountain Preserve & Retreat Center to learn buddhist meditation and other practices from Ven. Sogan Rinpoche.

This image courtesy of http://www.sogan.org/

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Attitude and experience

Attitude and experience
By Anne Liu

Perhaps you think that your attitude on any particular day depends
on the things you experience that day. But actually it is the other
way around.
The things you experience do not cause you to have a particular
attitude. Instead , the quality and substance of your experiences
are what reveal your attitude.

Your attitude is yours to choose. And by choosing your attitude, you
can choose the kind of life you live.

Yes, there will be plenty of events coming along that are completely
beyond the control of you or your attitude. Yet your attitude will
most definitely determine how you experience each of those events.

If your attitude is negative and destructive, you’ll find pain,
disappointment and dismay in even the most wonderful circumstances.
Yet when your attitude is positive, creative, thankful and joyful,
you’ll find real hope and valuable possibilities in even the most
unfortunate events.

Rather than assuming that your attitude is dictated by events,
choose to maintain a positive attitude no matter what may come
along. By so doing, you’ll be choosing a life of real value and
meaning.

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Laughing at Demons

Laughing at Demons
By Jen Livingston

Laughter trickling
Then noticing
Crazy and tumbling
Roaring out demons
on invisible wings
Burning red eyes
Seeking the insides
Laughing at Demons
Dissolved on the tide
Nevermore to find
a place to hide.

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Convincing Actions

The best way to convince people that you will do something is to do
it. Promises can be broken, but actions and results cannot be denied.
The best way to sell yourself is to be yourself, without pretense,
with sincerity and enthusiasm. Your actions are more powerful and
more genuinely compelling than any words or mere appearances could
be.

The best way to make a good impression is to accomplish something
truly impressive. Focus on creating real value and you won’t have to
be concerned with what others think.

It’s great when you do what you say you’re going to do. It’s even
better when you don’t need to say what you’re going to do because it
has already been done.

You don’t need permission or approval to move forward on your own
initiative. See a need and fill it, or find a problem and solve it.

Success is more than being able to wish, plan, talk, convince,
promise and persuade. Success belongs to those who take action.

By Anne Liu

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Attitude and experience

Perhaps you think that your attitude on any particular day depends
on the things you experience that day. But actually it is the other
way around.
The things you experience do not cause you to have a particular
attitude. Instead , the quality and substance of your experiences
are what reveal your attitude.

Your attitude is yours to choose. And by choosing your attitude, you
can choose the kind of life you live.

Yes, there will be plenty of events coming along that are completely
beyond the control of you or your attitude. Yet your attitude will
most definitely determine how you experience each of those events.

If your attitude is negative and destructive, you’ll find pain,
disappointment and dismay in even the most wonderful circumstances.
Yet when your attitude is positive, creative, thankful and joyful,
you’ll find real hope and valuable possibilities in even the most
unfortunate events.

Rather than assuming that your attitude is dictated by events,
choose to maintain a positive attitude no matter what may come
along. By so doing, you’ll be choosing a life of real value and
meaning.

By Anne Liu

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See where you're going

When you can clearly see where you’re going, you greatly improve
your chances of getting there. The more clearly you can visualize
your goals, the more likely you are to reach them.
Pursuing a vaguely defined objective is like traveling through a
thick fog. It’s slow and difficult to make any progress, and even
when you arrive you may not know you’re there.

Yet when your goals are clear, specific, and filled with rich
detail, all kinds of great opportunities for moving toward them will
continue to come into view. Your progress will be swift and sure,
and you’ll enjoy increasingly abundant rewards as you draw closer to
them.

If you’re putting forth the effort to get somewhere, take the time
to determine exactly where it is, what it will look like, and how it
will be. Get clear on your goals, and you’ll find plenty of ways to
achieve them.

Keep your goals clearly in sight by reminding yourself of them on a
continuing basis. Experience them often in your own mind, and you’ll
soon be experiencing them in the reality of the outer world.

Rise above the fog of fuzzy wishes, and make your intentions clear
and specific. That will point you solidly toward wherever you want
to go.

By Anne Liu