The ragged pieces of ideas and thoughts of my attempt to live a life as a contemporary monastic in the urban city of Singapore..
Do we always get along with people ? Not really. Sometimes I wonder if its better to have a dog for a friend. The chances of getting along with a dog is higher than any human friend. A dog friend will be always be excited to see you, respects you and will not talk back. It may bark but it doesn't necessarily get on your nerves.
On my way to work, I have to walk through some private residences. The path to work on a weekeday is filled with poo-poos on the sidewalk I have to constantly avoid stepping onto. Looking at the slimmy (sometimes dried up) things this morning, I'm thinking 'yeah keep a dog and i will have to deal with these sort of things sonner of later. It'll be like humans, I have to handle the poo!
Accept it, life is complex, and in order to truly accept something, whether it is work, it is writing, it is making music, it is people or animals, we have to deal with something that is so called 'bad'. Sometimes this things just creeps up on you like a bogeyman.
So we need resilence, we need courage, we need to be open minded to deal with them and while doing so, we need to see the lighter side of it too. Remember poo can be shit, it can be manure or it can just be described and laugh about. It's a matter of perspective. It is important to have perspective especially when it comes to poos.
Having said that ..note that sin is not poo, at least it's not the type that we can take lightly. OK sin is the type of poo that only Jesus can deal with.
posted by Hiew Hong Teck # 12:15 AM
Monday, July 25, 2005