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On Jul 28, 2012 Louis Corbeil wrote on Be Not a Beggar, by Swami Vivekananda:
It is nice to reflect on giving. But what about those who have nothing to give? Those who have to beg to survive? Or those who are in a place where life is unbearable? Those that are depressed? Those in war zones or extremely poor?
Sometimes I visit such a place because I have chronic depression. A good part of the time I am ok because of medication. But other times it is very difficult.
To me giving is very easy and receiving also. I am so grateful when I am ok, that giving/receiving
is not very important. It feels natural.
Louis
Sometimes I visit such a place because I have chronic depression. A good part of the time I am ok because of medication. But other times it is very difficult.
To me giving is very easy and receiving also. I am so grateful when I am ok, that giving/receiving
is not very important. It feels natural.
Louis
On Aug 27, 2013 Louis wrote on Kindness: The First Gift, by John O'Donohue:
I own a piece of land (75 acres) along a concession road about 5 miles out of town. I got it cheap because it was cut over (Trees harvested to make lumber) 20 years ago. But now it has started to grow back.
It is not a beautiful piece of land. It still has scares from the harvest. There is also a lot of wet lands and bogs. One part that was not harvested is now populated with old trees dying and falling.
I don't have a cabin on it. Only an old shed in which I keep my 4X4. But I love to go there, travel trails I have made, on foot or on my 4X4,
It seems to many very inhospitable. But it have come to appreciate it's savage and wild side. I go there often and I always come back feeling more alive.