From: Chris Koeritz Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:56:46 +0000 (-0500) Subject: new fortune X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~360 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=4a505ad0d9bf3d724390c89d14cf695397b65353 new fortune --- diff --git a/infobase/fortunes.dat b/infobase/fortunes.dat index 919f129e..d5b0fa48 100644 --- a/infobase/fortunes.dat +++ b/infobase/fortunes.dat @@ -42279,4 +42279,17 @@ fun and healthy vibes that I felt like "i never need to feel fear again". that feeling lasted for days after the concert was over. hopefully memory of that thought never fades. -- fred t. hamster, after lockn 2016 +~ +The dawn of the Great Eastern Sun is based on actual experience. It is not a +concept. You realize that you can uplift yourself, that you can appreciate +your existence as a human being. Whether you are a gas station attendant or +the president of your country doesn’t really matter. When you experience +the goodness of being alive, you can respect who and what you are. You need +not be intimidated by lots of bills to pay, diapers to change, food to cook, +or papers to be filed. Fundamentally, in spite of all those responsibilities, +you begin to feel that it is a worthwhile situation to be a human being, to be +alive, not afraid of death. + +##--#Chögyam Trungpa, "Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior", published +by Shambhala Publications