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Hedonistic Sloth.

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Leq’á:mel warns off drug dealers; Close down junkie condo, says writer; Addict spoil park for experience; from the Times of July 11.

We have become spoiled children demanding instant gratification and seeking to do things the easy way. The addicts and dealers must go NOW and if the park is the problem – pave it over and make it a parking lot, problem solved.

We are building our society, our social structures out of twigs and straw because that way is Fast and Easy. It is not surprising then that these structures collapse and are blown away by the winds of challenge or difficulty or the big bad wolf.

To survive and deal with the storm winds of social ills and social problems we must build our social structures, our social support programs out of bricks and mortar.

This course will be neither fast nor easy, but it will provide a solid base to build a healthy, thriving society upon; a Society that seeks to deal with its problems in a wise manner.

There is a reason so many of our fables and tales stress spending the time and effort needed to do it right.

Hmmm

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The only Zen you will find on a mountain top is the Zen you bring with you.

Search from the highest mountain top to the lowest point at the bottom of the sea and the world in between, you will find nothing more that that which you brought with you. Reinforcing the idea that what you are searching for lies within, not without since Zen is about enlightenment being attained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition – an inner journey.

I would be happy if … I had a few million dollars or a better job or … or … or. Others seek happiness in clubs or drugs or partying or alcohol or … or … or.

Reality check: The only happiness you will find on a mountaintop is the happiness you bring with you. You want to find happiness – you take the arduous journey within yourself to find it within yourself. Serenity, Wellness, Love – whatever one is searching for is to be found within oneself.

It begins with me. It begins within me.

Reality being only a Rorschach ink-blot, the Quality of my life flows from within me.

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Don’t worry – be happy.

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This is just one of those things you just have to share.

I was speaking to a friend of mine who had been off work sick; I was glad to see her out and about and looking good. Appearances, as it turned out, were deceiving.

She had had a nasty flu and on top of that had picked up a virus that has damaged her heart to the point she needs a transplant. She is on the waiting list for a heart and transplant surgery.

Let me digress for a moment and say this is why I have always signed the documents for organ donation and made sure family and friends know I strongly believe in organ donation. Donated organs literally save lives. If you have not signed for organ donation please do.

Anyway my friend shared something that struck me as quite funny in a weird, somewhat twisted way and had my friend hastening to tell me how well everyone had treated her.

They had told her to go home and not to stress about it.

You heart has been damaged, you need a new heart, you are on the waiting list for a heart – should one become available, you would then undergo heart transplant surgery and … oh yes, don’t stress about any of this life/death stuff.

Life versus death, but don’t worry – kick back and be happy. Bizarre.