acting

Act the way you'd like to be and
soon you'll be the way you act.

Leonard Cohen

-- Cool Tricks and Trinkets #400

Want Less

[4/30/06] Perhaps the best advice [Lama Karma Rinchen] has for us is to be learned in his lifestyle. Americans are constantly filling our lives with things and then taking medications to deal with the stress in our lives. Rinchen sees a very simple solution.

“If you have less materials, less problems,” says Rinchen. “If you have more materials, more problems. If you have a bicycle outside or new car, which are you more worried about? We start our own problems.”

[4/10/06] Doug Short's secret of happiness [from this article]

Determine Your Life

Your life is determined by
the nature of mind.

A disturbed mind creates a miserable life.
Suffering follows this mind
like the cart behind a horse.

A silent mind creates a peaceful life.
Happiness will follow this mind
like an ever-present shadow.

-- Guatama Buddha's (from Health Daily 152)