“Zenfully Quool Quotes”Currently featuring “The Art of Living”By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Our quality of life and true happinessdoes not depend on external conditions or external proof.It doesn’t depend on how much money we have,or what kind of job or car or house.In Plum Village,none of the monks or nuns has a personal bank […]
“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Every desire has its root in our original, fundamental desire to survive. In Buddhism we don’t speak of original sin. We speak of that original fear and desire that manifested in us during our birth and in the precarious moment
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Every one of us has insight. We know that the object of our craving isn’t worth it. We know we don’t want to get hooked. We know we don’t want to spend all our time and energy on it. And
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Contemplating non-craving is another way to practice the concentration on aimlessness. Each one of us has a big block of craving inside. We’re always looking outside ourselves for something to make us feel satisfied and complete— whether it is food,
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh As soon as we realize that in this very moment we already have enough, and we already are enough, true happiness becomes possible. The art of happiness is the art of living deeply in the present moment. The here and
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh When you look at your closest relationship, you may feel you can no longer recognize the person you once fell in love with— they seem to have disappeared or turned into someone completely different. Everything has changed. Difficulties and misunderstandings
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes”Currently featuring “The Art of Living”By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh When we are aware that our loved one is not a separate selfbut a composition of many elements,we can water the positive elements in them to help them grow. This is true for ourselves as well.We can practice watering the seeds in
“Zenfully Quool Quotes” Currently featuring “The Art of Living” By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh “When we fall in love, we have a tendency to want to grasp and keep hold of the one we love. We want them to stay the same forever, and we want them to love us forever. Today, they say
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh You may like to take a moment to read these lines very slowly, with a pause to follow your breathing and relax between each remembrance. I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing
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“Zenfully Quool Quotes†Currently featuring “The Art of Living†By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Often the joy of knowing that we are still alive contains within it the deep fear that we don’t want to face: our fear of dying. Although we don’t want to admit or think about it, deep down in our
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Maui Marrying Man – Making Dreams Come True on Maui’s Romantic Beaches.
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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.
