Zen at work

So Zen at work......Is it possible.....I read today during lunch that there is actually a Zen at work blog somewhere and it is suppose to be like in the top like 100 most popular blogs right now.

Can one really attain Zen at work?
I guess first one has to enjoy the job that one is doing. Right?
I do enjoy the job that I am doing. So I am good there.

I guess one has to take everything in good stride.
One step at a time.
One foot in front of the other. Check!

I guess one has to have a driving passion to do the job in front of them.
Check. Perhaps maybe too much passion. Who knows......

Channel extra passion into some sort of extra-curricular activity.
Check, photography, painting, glass craft, writing songs and drumming and singing.
Okay big check there. LOL

So I guess I am going to start just you know maybe reading the Dalai Lama more.
He is a man I really respect.
Booted out of his own country and still very positive individual.
Imagine if you couldn't go back home again.
You were forbidden to.
And forget about what religion he is for a moment.
He is a man I truly admire just for that strength.

So I will ring my chime and light a candle and roll my bowl with a stick and try to Ommmmmmm......close my eyes and imagine this evening.

Anything that you can imagine....It can happen! I have always been taught this and now I am starting to believe it.

Peace out.
Liz

Dream catcher spinning in the wind.

H8TRED BE GONE

Why do we feel the need to hate someone for the color of their skin?
Why do we feel the need to hate someone because of the pain that they are in?
Why do we seem to be so selfish that we sometimes don't hear the suffering of a friend?
Are we caught up in our self so much that we don't understand where they have been?

We are all just people.
If you cut us we will bleed red.
One of these days we'll all end up in the grave and dead.

If we could just stop for a moment and take a little time.
We would just recognize that things in this world are fleeting and not yours and mine.

Let's share a drink together.
Let's share a glass.
Hold it high for friendship.
Hold it high so it will last.

Friendship is a fragile thing.
That many seek to destroy.
Let's hold onto friendship for every girl and every boy.

6-17-10
Liz Smith