My Resignation

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities
of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's
and think that it's a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle
and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money
because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big oak tree
and run a lemonade stand with my friends
on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple;
when all you knew were colours,
multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,
but that didn't bother you,
because you didn't know what you didn't know
and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy
because you were blissfully unaware
of all the things that should make you worried
or upset.

I want to think the world is fair;
that everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life
and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simple again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes,
mountains of paperwork,
depressing news,
how to survive more days in the month
than there is money in the bank,
doctor bills,
gossip,
illness,
and the loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs,
and a kind word;
truth,
justice,
peace,
dreams,
imagination,
mankind,
and making angels in the snow.

So . . . here's my checkbook and my car-keys,
my credit card bills and my 401K statements.

I am officially resigning from adulthood.
And if you want to discuss this further,
you'll have to catch me first, cause........

......"Tag! You're it."

Reposted Courtesy Of: http://www.business.uiuc.edu/broker/resign.htm

If You Meet The Buddah On The Road, Kill Him!

I'm currently reading this book and I'm very excited to have the time to finish it as soon as this week is over. Possibly even the time to read it again. For the time being I wanted to share something from the 1st page of the book that Toni brought to my attention. As background information this is a book from the 70s about religious pilgrimages and psychotherapy patients.

IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD, KILL HIM!

RISKING
Sometimes it seems to me that in this absurdly random life there is some inherent justice in the outcome of personal relationships. In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

LOVE
Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with the helpless knowing that we can do nothing to save the other person from his pain.

THE DEPENDENT DISCIPLE
While seeking to be taught the Truth the disciple learns only that there is nothing that anyone else can teach him ... The secret is that there is no secret.