Hey great blog post. Thanks. I lived in Japan for several years and I am heading over there this week. I'm going to keep an eye out for Haiku. Cheers

Thank you for that link. They are beautiful. Mark

Well, Zen master we may not be able to reach, but we can surely get into the zone for whatever we are focused on at the moment. It feels great and it is the state in which your work just flies. No effort and pure joy.

A life of a Zen is the best life you can live. You can get anything you want without any suffering... Get rid of your desires of material possessions and have complete focus on what you are being....

Zen is not doing, it's being.

It's who you are. The state of a true Zen is something no one can ever achieve including Jesus, Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Krishnaa, etc...

The journey to becoming a zen brings us enlightenment. Enlightenment is ever lasting happiness. And you are always on the journey to become a Zen so you're always enlightened...

Remember, "it's the journey not the destination that brings us happiness."
That's why religions tell you to go in pursuit of God and enlightenment. Something you always strive for and will never achieve. Good luck on becoming a Zen.

That's very interesting GaiC. Does Stephen Covey focus on Internet Marketing, or is it that he conveys the concept of the seven basic human habits, and how this effects every aspect of our lives and outlook on everything?

I had a good friend who was almost always in the "woe is me" mindset. It was really strange how bad things just seemed to happen to him, just because he possessed this paradigm. He never could make the correlation of his attitude, to his plight. His life ended at 31, when a dump truck rear-ended his car and set it ablaze.

I can't remember where I read it, but one author advocated upon waking every morning, to tell yourself, that, "Today, something wonderful is going to happen!" I tried to practice that. Something "wonderful" may not happen, but just owning that outlook, somehow does affect everything. Somehow, positive vibes attract positive vibes. I don't believe in supernatural, but I do believe in the power of the mind, and that this ability is within everyone of us. - John Mark

I love the Haiku Ian. Thank you.

So did I, glad you liked it too.

Thanks for posting that link. I needed that:)

You are most welcome. It's refreshing to find your inner truths expressed so eloquently by a complete stranger. The internet is alive. :)

I've always loved haikus and I write some myself. Those are pretty good "nuggets of wisdom" ! :)

Thank you Ian !