March 2013
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February 2013
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“There are two way to wash the dishes, 1st is to wash the dishes in order to have a clean dishes, 2nd is to wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes. “I choose the 2nd”. If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as if they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash to dishes”…. In fact, we are incapable of realising the miracle of life while standing at the sink, … chances are we wont be able to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands, thus we are sucked away into the future - and we are incapable of actually living that one minutes of life.”
— (Buddism) The miracle of mindfulness - Thich Nhat Hanh
