His Plan > my dream

I feel old.

I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around

And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I, I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too
I'm getting older too

So, take my love, take it down
Oh climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring you down, down

And If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
Oh oh, the landslide will bring it down

Semi-charmed life.

I sometimes forget I live a semi-charmed life.

It is easy to desire more. More money. A palatial home. A fancier car. Fame.

One would be lying if one says it has never crossed their mind. But happiness lies not in these things but in enjoying what one has.

A true happy man is one who is able to distinguish the difference between what he needs and what he wants.

When we can not get what we love, we must love what is within our reach.

Unperceived existence

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Scientifically, No. Sound is the sensation excited in the ear when the air or other medium is set in motion. Sound is vibration, transmitted to our senses through the mechanism of the ear, and recognized as sound only at our nerve centers. The falling of the tree or any other disturbance will produce vibration of the air. If there be no ears to hear, there will be no sound.

Philosophically though... If one never knows true love is really ever REALLY happy?

Is love only TRUE when it is TRUE LOVE? Is Happiness really Happiness when it is TRUE HAPPINESS?

How many people live and die never to experience true love or true happiness? I bet if they were in the forest, lots of them would have heard the tree fall.

The sad thing is though, once you have tasted it... nothing else is good enough. If you lose it you will forever be chasing it like a crack fiend looking for that high. 

Would you rather never have experienced it and settle in your mediocrity?

Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, "The flag moves." The other said, "The wind moves." They argued back and forth but could not agree.

The Sixth Ancestor said, "Gentlemen! It is not the wind that moves; it is not the flag that moves; it is your mind that moves." The two monks were struck with awe."