Mind activities of a Stone boy

Whenever my impulse is tricking me to do something harmful mentally or physically, think of the consequences. If I truly love myself, I would take good care of myself when I am tired or hungry. It is the opposite to make my fatigue turn even worst, isn't it? Harming myself is a manifest of self-hatred. If I can't even love myself, how would I even have ability to truly love others? The logic is pretty simple b/c the true love sets one free and is without any condition. That same goes with self love. If love is such an abuse word in this context, think of it as a self care. Take good care of my own spirits during the time of difficulties. The spirits will shine and soar when my time comes. Be patient and take good care of myself mindfully....

Hokusai Says by Roger Keyes Hokusai says Look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. He says there is no end to seeing. He says Look Forward to getting old. He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are. He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself as long as it's interesting. He says keep doing what you love. He says keep praying. He says every one of us is a child, every one of us is ancient, every one of us has a body. He says every one of us is frightened. He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear. He says everything is alive --shells, buildings, people, fish,mountains, trees. Wood is alive. Water is alive Everything has its own life. Everything lives inside us. He says live with the world inside you. He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books. It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish. It doesn't matter if you sit at home and stare at the ants on your verandah or the shadows o

I got up very early in the morning to volunteer at the kitchen. I did the drink table serving them orange juice from the tank and canned apple juice. I worked along side with a nice fellow, Tom, from Glover Park. Witnessing all the people that asked for juice, I could just keep on doing my job without any emotional exchanges. They were people from all kind of backgrounds. I did see one asian man, and no asian women... I didn't recall seeing hispanic women, either. There were some clean cut white guys who look 100% normal and healthy to me. I wondered what their stories are. Most of latino men were very polite. Some black men were aggressive and a bit sneaky, and some other were very polite, too. I went to the men's room just before taking out. The men's room is turning into a public bath house. It is built by the stainless steel oozed with human waste and filled with odor. I could only imagine how the life is to be homeless or mentally ill. Driving back home to take a showe

"Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy's life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn't realize was that it was also a ministry. Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. Passengers climbed in, sat behind me in total anonymity, and told me about their lives. I encountered people whose lives amazed me, ennobled me, made me laugh and weep. But none touched me more than a woman I picked up late one August night. I was responding to a call from a small brick four-plex in a quiet part of town. I assumed I was being sent to pick up some partiers, or someone who had just had a fight with a lover, or a worker heading to an early shift at some factory for the industrial part of town. When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under such circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But I had seen too many impoveris

Be with that lonely feelings. Do not run away. Be with that negative feelings. Don't run away. Be with the feelings that you can't meet someone special. Don't run away.. Examine it. Be friendly with that negative feelings. The negative feeling could be my worthy opponent, which I could learn a lot from. Look clearly through what is behind that feeling. Once the cause is understood, there is clarity and peace. Reactive mode and escaping always build up more sufferings in the future. Be at peace with myself, which is the goal. Be with it.. Be an alchemist... transforming a negative feeling to a positive one.