welcometolavaland02

welcometolavaland02 t1_j07n8ay wrote

Reply to comment by Jesuswasstapled in [Image] Randomly came across this on Instagram and it really hit me by maximum-aloofness

>Long long ago, a young woman from a wealthy family was happily married to an important man. When her only son was one-year-old, he fell ill and died suddenly. She was struck with grief; she could not bare the death of her only child. Weeping and groaning, she took her son's dead body in her arms and went from house to house begging all the people in the town for news of a way to bring her son back to life. She wanted MEDICINE.

>Of course, nobody could help her, but this young woman would not give up. Finally she came across a Buddhist who advised her to go and see the Buddha himself. When she carried the dead child to the Buddha and told Him her sad story, He listened with patience and compassion, and then said to her, "There is only one way to solve your problem. Go and find me four or five mustard seeds from any family in which there has never been a death."

>The woman was filled with hope, and set off straight away to find such a household. But very soon she discovered that every family she visited had experienced the death. Once she accepted the fact that death is inevitable, she buried her child and could stop her grieving. She realized that she was not unique-that she had not been singled out by God. She understood that surely as life comes to all of us, so Death comes to us all.

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welcometolavaland02 t1_j07n07j wrote

Reply to comment by Initial_Ad_3888 in [Image] Randomly came across this on Instagram and it really hit me by maximum-aloofness

Therapy is really great, but I would suggest a book called the Art of Happiness. It's an older book in conversation with the Dalai Lama and a psychiatrist named Howard Cutler. It blends Eastern philosophy with Western understandings of medical science and honestly it changed my life.

The 'switch' in mentality comes from understanding.

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welcometolavaland02 t1_j07mmky wrote

Reply to comment by Quickbrownfox101 in [Image] Randomly came across this on Instagram and it really hit me by maximum-aloofness

I was told once that when you lose a family member or a pet, the grief you feel is proportional to the positive effect they had on your life.

So the more you grieve, the more you should appreciate just how awesome it was to have them around at all.

14 years is a really good run for a dog. I'm sure it had a great life.

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