Since a recent blog about our backyard chicken massacre and my opinion about 'violent play' has sparked some debate, my Uncle Boppa Steve, our very own Dr. Zen Masta's words reminded me of this passage:
"Battles do not require any of the virtues needed for child raising - such as selfless and devoted love, compassion, benevolence, affection, gentleness, and patience. On the contrary, these virtues are in the way on a battlefield. If, during a battle, love and benevolence toward the enemy rise in the heart, there won't be a battle. War requires hatred, anger, fear, cruelty, conquest, and destruction.
"Since the world's history has evolved as man's history of war, the human race is far from attaining peace. For this very reason, women have to truly awaken and then, for the first time, they can make the world peaceful. World peace depends on each women's merciful heart."
-From The Golden Key to Happiness, Masami Saionji
Dude - Masami has it going on! Each and every passage in this book is a total gem. And when I crack it open, its like she's talking to me - like, Hey Brittany . . . "Even if you succeed in running away from the circumstances given to you, the same circumstances will run after you, because your environment and circumstances do not change as long as your mind and heart do not change. The environment and circumstances given to you now constitute the world you have long depicted in your mind and heart; they represent an evolution of the world you have envisioned. People often think that other people and the society are to blame for every event that takes place around them, but that is not the case. Every event that evolves around you is made from the vibrations of your thought. If the vibrations of your thought are always wonderful and cheerful, your surroundings undoubtedly will make a world always filled with happiness and laughter. If the vibrations of your thought are gloomy and dank, the atmosphere that surrounds you will always be dark and unpleasant. The principle is not that you change when your surroundings change, but that your surroundings change when you change."
I wonder if these people, like Masami and Deepak spend hours a day, studying spiritual theory like this. Either that or they have amazing memories that retain like entire volumes of good advice for good living and being a good person. I want to be wicked wise like that. Since my memory is lacking blood function right now, due to being 6 months pregnant and packing at least an extra 25 pounds, I'll have to count on trying to just read every day and hope I improve myself and retain as much as possible. That's the thing about being a mom - you are so last on the list. I spend my reading time reading parenting books, birth and baby books, Backyard Poultry and Mothering magazine, (and okay recently I read the garbage-y Twilight series, which is basicly a Harlequin Romance novel with vampires and shorter sentences) but then I forget about something for my impoverished spirit! Such is life as a mom, today, I made sure the girls had full water bottles before we went to the garden and then pedaled half way there and realized that I was PARCHED with an empty water bottle. A day in the life.
Lately I think I've been sounding complain-y, but I really don't mean to! When I joke about my sweet, sweet kitchen carpet, our ant infestation, or the fact that I don't have a car most days, the fact that I'm pedaling around a 50 pound bike, or share the story about Andrew's tooth breaking while eating oatmeal (poor Andrew!), or tell our chicken massacre story, I think it can come off as complain-y, but I totally don't mean it to sound that way! I'm 6 months pregnant for the third time, feel great, never have a day of morning sickness or even fatigue, I am so lucky to get to spend my days with the two most adorable, sweet, funny, witty, hilarious girls I've ever known. We have SO much fun everyday. So why have I sounded complain-y lately? I don't know. Time to change, I guess!
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