I know I feel happy and wonderful because I have no fear, obligations and guilt (FOG). I have no fear because I have no desire and attachment. I am content with my life; I am satisfied to live a good life for so long. It is enough for me; I am totally grateful. Mother Nature can take back this body anytime and I have no complaints but praise for Her. This body doesn’t belong to me but loaned to me; this body is not me, and I am not inside the body. It is just a vehicle, like the car which I drove. Whatever happens to the vehicle will not take away my virtue, equanimity and wisdom. Similarly, I feel no suffering to be separated from loved ones, because I have no clinging. There is nothing I want, therefore, no suffering for not getting what one wants. Association with the disagreeable is totally avoidable.
Worldly obligations don’t apply to me. The fools have tried to put all kinds of responsibilities on my shoulder. They will only disappoint themselves. I live my life for myself. I only do good deeds out of love; never out of obligations. Loving others makes me happy; thus, it is out of self-interest that I love others. Intelligent people don’t need the promise of heaven to see the merits of good deeds. My heart is unmoved. No amount of praise can make me do more good deeds; no amount of blame can make me stop doing what I like to do. I have no fear, anger, grief, lamentations and despair. The past is not a burden, and the future can be anything. I have no delusion to wish something to happen or something to never happen.
I have no desire. I have no greed, hatred and delusion. Therefore, I have no wish to commit unwholesome deeds. Guilt doesn’t apply to me.
I am happy every day. I have no attachment to this happiness. Therefore, I can let go of everything, including this happiness, any minute.
The Buddha said: “Five treasures rarely revealed in the world are: (1) The Tathāgata, arahant, fully enlightened, (2) a person able to teach discipline and Dhamma, (3) a person able to appreciate the teaching, (4) a person who has stepped his way in Dhamma by Dhamma, practicing in accordance with the Dhamma (tranquilization of the mind), (5) a person who is grateful and thankful.” The Buddha had great respect for Dhamma and liking it to his king, and he himself lived in accordance with Dhamma. Speaking Dhamma to a person who doesn’t appreciate it is, in essence, not showing due respect to Dhamma.
“Monks, to the faithless, faith-talk is ill talk; to the virtueless, virtue-talk is ill talk; to the little learned, learned-talk is ill talk; to the mean, generosity-talk is ill talk; to the lack-brain, insight-talk is ill talk. And wherefore, monks, is faith-talk/ virtue-talk/ learned-talk/ generosity-talk/ insight-talk to the faithless/ virtueless/ little learned/ mean/ lack-brain ill talk? Monks, the faithless/ virtueless/ little learned/ mean/ lack-brain, when faith-talk/ virtue-talk/ learned-talk/ generosity-talk/ insight-talk is talked, are roused, angered, upset, made obstinate; they show temper, ill-will and sulkiness. And why? They perceive no achieving of faith/ virtue/ learning/ generosity/ insight in themselves and they get no joy and gladness therefrom. Therefore, to the faithless/ virtueless/ little learned/ mean/ lack-brain, faith-talk/ virtue-talk/ learned-talk/ generosity-talk/ insight-talk is ill talk. Monks, to five persons, talk is good talk when the appropriate person is confronted. Of what five? Monks, to the faithful, faith-talk is good talk; to the virtuous, virtue-talk is good talk; to the learned, learned-talk is good talk; to the generous, generosity-talk is good talk; to the insightful, insight-talk is good talk.”
RESILIENT KID 