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Your actions are a product of your thoughts. My grandfather lived by the principle that you are what you think. Much like the theory of "karma," that, in a nutshell, your actions influence your past, present and future life, the attitudes you maintain will influence your quality of life.

This is neither a strictly Buddhist, nor New Age concept, but one that has ancient roots preceding Buddhism. It was Confucius who said, "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." Sound familiar from your Biblical readings?

My favorite book is the Tao of [Winnie the] Pooh, for its very approachable contemporary interpretation of the ancient Chinese Tao. Milne didn't really write Pooh for children, after all.

February 19, 2009 - 6:03pm

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