Our attitude can keep a bad stuation
from getting completely out of hand.
Maintaining manageability is a worthy goal
for each situation as it arises.
We do that by treating things with
no greater degree of seriousness
than they deserve.
And we do that by refusing to have anything
at stake in any situation that might arise.
There is nothing to gain and nothing to lose here,
there, anywhere!
Become the seated Buddha under the Bodhi Tree.
Do what you can about what's what
and let it be.
Let the world turn.
Let come what may.
It is the Buddha's way.
Jesus would have been better off
if he had taken that approach
with the money changers
in the courtyard of the Temple.
Be as placid and serene
as the waters of Adam's millpond
at daybreak.
All the time.
What is keeping that from happening?
Any time?
If the Buddha could do it,
why can't we?
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