August 11, 2011

“If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.” –Taisen Deshimaru

 If you’ve been around me for any length of time, you’ll hear me occasionally say, “I am blessed.”  I do my best to stay in this space and open my mind to the knowledge that I am here, now.  When I am aware of negative emotional torrents are swirling about, I move my mind to the positives in the moment.  I open myself up to the truth: for all that has been and all that is, I am blessed.  It is from this place I take refuge.  I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the Dharma.  I take refuge in the Sangha.