According to Buddha
Spend less, and have more, by doing away with luxurious habits. From your earnings put aside as much as possible, so that you can live partially on the interest from your savings, without having to dip into the capital.
my bonnie lies over the ocean,
my bonnie lies over the sea.
well my bonnie lies over the ocean.
yeah bring back my bonnie to me.
***
random streets in St. Pauli and Rotherbaum, Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
Gratitude is a way of returning energy for energy received. One who accepts a kindness without returning gratitude, as though the kindness were her by right, demeans both the giver and herself.
september girls
do so much
and for so long
’til we touched
***
yesterday in the woods ~ Edmonton Alberta ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
When one becomes momentarily identified with a tragic picture, s/he feels miserable; but when s/he realizes that it is only a part of an entertaining variety show, s/he feels happy.
won’t you come home i surrender
i miss my sweet bag of bones
drunk and tender
why don’t you want to stay here suspended
in the dead arms of a year that has ended
***
Sternschanze quarter in Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
Emotional sensitivity is the cause of suffering. Do not be so sensitive.
la la la la
take me home
mama, i’m coming home
***
Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Germany ~ September 2018
According to Buddha
Life comes in the form of opportunities, which are easy to recognize, after they have been wasted.
tiny curtain’s open, and we heard the tiny clap of little hands
a tiny man would tell a little joke, and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
sitting, drifting around in bubbles, and thinking it was us that carried them
when we finally got it figured out, that we had truly missed the boat
***
According to Buddha
Environment is stronger than will power. If you want to be spiritual, seek good company and don’t mix with those whose bad habits may wrongly influence you.
if you love somebody
better tell them while they’re here
’cause they just may run away from you
’cause i’m on top of the world,
i’m on top of the world,
waiting on this for a while now
paying my dues to the dirt
i’ve been waiting to smile,
been holding it in for a while,
take you with me if i can
been dreaming of this since a child
***
Wilhelmsburger Inselpark, Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
Anger takes many forms: touchiness, impatience, displeasure, jealousy, irritability, unhappiness, moodiness. Actually, every one of us has a problem with anger to some degree, unless we are in samadhi.
‘that feeling’ ~ Porto, April 2018
❤️ Dear Sloppy Buddhist followers. ❤️
I am in Hamburg, Germany and yesterday my Adobe Lightroom ‘disappeared‘ from my computer and this is the program I use to both upload and edit my images. I did however received this message.
“Sie befinden sich außerhalb der USA? Auf der Adobe-Website für Ihre Region finden Sie Informationen zu den für Sie relevanten Preisen, Angeboten und Veranstaltungen.”
Zur Website für Deutschland
Currently, I am unable to connect with Adobe here in Hamburg due to my lack of German so I am choosing to share one more image from my April travels in Portugal…you know ‘that feeling’. I will need to figure out what happened or what I did so I am practicing some Buddhist philosophy…in my sloppy hedy way. 😉
My joy is to photograph, meet with new people and explore new places/spaces. Therefore I am choosing not to be indoors in front of my computer figuring out my LR issues. I am also choosing not to be disappointed in myself for not remembering passwords, codes or hanging on the telephone. So I just wanted to let you all know I’ll be back up and running with new visual stories in a few days.
As well, please know I truly appreciate all your *likes*, comments, and supportive words very much. Compose another beautiful day ~ smiles hedy ✌️😊
***
Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
Lust, anger, and greed—these constitute the threefold gate of hell leading to the destruction of the soul’s welfare. These three, therefore, humans should abandon.
hey, st. peter
before you ring your bell
***
Hauptkirche St. Petri ~ Hamburg, Germany ~ August 2018
According to Buddha
If you are infected with the germs of worry you should go on a strict mental diet. You should feast regularly on the society of joyful minds. Every day you should associate, if only for a little while, with joy-instilled persons–those who meditate and feel the joy of spirit as a reality. Seek them out and feast with them on this most vitalising food of joy. Feast on laughter in the company of these really joyful people. Steadfastly continue your laughter diet once you have begun it, and at the end of a month or two you will see the change–your mind will be filled with sunshine.
well, i could play you
play you the blues
to help carry the load
while you’re paying your dues
but i got soul
i got sweet soul
soul
you’ve been often
misunderstood
you been tossed and tangled
in search of what’s good
***
along the Hwy 22 – Cowboy Trail ~ July 2018
According to Buddha
Avoid a negative approach to life. Why gaze down the sewers when there is loveliness all around us? One may find some fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music, and literature. But isn’t it better to enjoy their charm and glory?
if you want another secret
can’t back out, or make it
you ain’t ever gonna be it
by takin’ someone else’s away
never take it for granted
you don’t have to understand it
here’s to whatever puts a smile on your face
whatever makes you happy people
***
Tropaeolum (nasturtium) – my garden ~ Etown, AB ~ August 2018
