At one with my lot in life
I've posted in this forum because I wasn't really sure which section would be most appropriate, so moderators please feel free to move it to where you think is best.
Today I spent the day at work as usual and I was sent to do reservoir inspections. This involves driving around the bush all day checking reservoirs with only the birds and wildlife for company. It also involves climbing the reservoirs where I was treated to the best view in town free of charge.
Upon arriving home my wife had got some plums and cherries from a friend in return for some eggs that we'd given her and to top it off the boys had returned home from fishing with a mixed bag of fish and a bucket full of mussels which my wife had cooked up and fed to me after work. At the moment I'm sitting outside in the shade smoking a pipe with a black tea and wondering if maybe I'm the richest man in the world.
Ajahn Cha once said that to know dharma is to know nature and to know nature is to know dharma. I'm certain that I know what he means and I'm even more certain that I'm feeling it now.
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