You are the Happiness You Seek

Zenfully Quool Quotes Quommentary – by rog

You are the happiness you seek.
There is an ‘Inner Happiness’ that is not affected by
materialistic objects or drama.

If you abide in a generally good natured happiness…
Small trivial obstacles won’t affect your well being.
By taking this realization deeper…
There will be nothing that affects your equanimity.

Your True Nature is happiness…
Our True ‘Self’ is ineffable, in that words can’t describe it…
There is nothing in this material world that we can
use to compare and conceptualize it…
But,
It feels like Love.

The feeling you get when you are in love with a lover.
The feeling you get when you are admiring a loved one, parent or inspiring person.
The feeling you get when you are adoring a cherished pet.
This feeling is not an object or any materialistic substance…
Therefore,
It can not be affected by the chaos in this materialistic world.

Unless we allow it to get under our skin… piss us off, willfully allow it to upset our well-being.
Those are all options…
And so is happiness.

Don’t choose unhappiness…
Unless it makes you… happy.
If that’s the case…
Buddhism can’t help…
Go see a shrink!

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The Start of 2020

Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.

After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.

Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.

We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.