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Get over it
1/9/2007 8:47 am Last Read: |
Back in The Day, I was studying zazen and The Way of the Warrior. I was actually seriously wanting to join a monastery at the time, was studying Japanese, all that. A bit of it has still stuck with me. I remember hearing about a Zen monk teacher who flew over to the US to meet and teach students. At the airport was a student who, upon meeting the elderly monk, immediately burst into tears. Apparently, she had lost her husband to a long standing illness recently and was struggling with the loss. The monk was very gentle with her, listening to her qualms, giving her advice and insight and generally very sensitive to her fragile state of mind and spirit. He taught his students then returned to Japan. A year later, he came back to the states. The same student was waiting to greet him, and once again, she started crying, saying she still was not over her loss. This time, the monk's face took on a look of impatience and he hauled back and slapped her across the face. "A year is too long," he said. "Get over it." And he demurely walked right on toward the car. My friends know if they can come to me and bitch when they need to about their problems, and I will listen to them and offer what advice I can if needed. However, my friends also know if I've heard the same damn thing come out of their mouths time and time again, I will administer a firm, hard mental slap and say "A year is too long. Get over it." Of course, the teacher must also be a student. There are times when I have to analyse what I'm doing myself, and if need be, give myself a slap and say "A year is too long. Time to get over it." So, here's my own mental slap; a year is too long, and I've got some things I soooo need to get over now. My hangups are few, but they're lingering little bastards. In any event, if this speaks to you, brilliant. Let this be your wake up call if you needed one. A year is too long. Time to get over it. |
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1/9/2007 9:57 am |
I'm only on 9 months, so still have plenty of time to go lol. A year is far too long and fortunately with the new year arriving and all the reflection that that brings I am a lot closer to recovery. Glad you are out the other side grasshopper 
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