Live in the moment

Saturday 5th September 2015

The delay in departure has given us an opportunity to complete jobs that otherwise would not have got done, nice to do things but not essential. Pamela has also had time to work on her teaching programme which has been so useful. Importantly we have had the opportunity to just enjoy having time.

We are far calmer now about the house sale and are just going with the flow, let's see how this all pans out, which got me thinking about a Dharma teaching I once heard:

There were two neighbours who were farmers. One very wise the other not so.

One night the wise farmers prize horse went missing. The next morning the not so wise farmer visited the wise farmer and offered his commiserations on the bad karma that the wise farmer had experienced. "who is to say what is bad or good karma" replied the wise farmer.

That night the missing horse returned with a herd of magnificent wild horses. The next morning the not so wise farmer visited the wise farmer and congratulated him on his good karma. "who is to say what is bad or good karma" replied the wise farmer.

The next day the wise farmers son was riding one of the magnificent wild horses. He fell and broke his leg. Later that day the not so wise farmer visited the wise farmer and offered his commiserations on the bad karma that the wise farmer had experienced. "who is to say what is bad or good karma" replied the wise farmer.

Later that week the Kings army rode through the village looking for conscripts to go fight in a great war. Because his son had a broken leg the son was not taken off to war. The not so wise farmer visited the wise farmer again and congratulated him on his good karma that his son would now be spared from going to fight. "who is to say what is bad or good karma" replied the wise farmer.

The story can go on and on.

We will try to just live in the moment and let the bigger story take care of itself.................