Happy 2012

If you want to build a ship, don't heard people together to collect the wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. ~ Antoine du Saint-Exupery

Blessed

When Buddha spoke of attachment, he wasn't saying that it's wrong to have loving feelings toward family and friends -- a common misinterpretation.  Some newcomers to Buddhism have the mistaken idea that they're supposed to become "detached" -- distant and cut off from the world around them so that they can develop in splendid isolation.  In fact, nothing could be further from Buddha's teachings... love and compassion, not detachment and distance, are the authentic Buddhist path. ~ David Michie (from "Buddhism for Busy People")