Re: Fw: Re: What fun!

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Oh what fun it is to ride...

But not be ridden, I suppose.

 > From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
 > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:47:18 -0500
 >
 > Dec. 30th...more fun...BhavaniMa
 > 
 > Hi again.  What fun.
 > 
 > Yeah I was being sarcastic too But no clear sarcasm. I Do agree with you
 > about the humor and I notice that is the way to ease the big and the
 > little suffering that we encounter in life.  Shamans, Buddhists and
 > Irishmen are typically ones who get the cosmic joke.
 > 
 > .. wrist and hand surgery on 12/2 and rotator cuff/clavicle surgery on
 > 12/19. Ouch!  That must have been a big laugh..  Hope that your recovery
 > process and humor continues to be a healing element!!
 > 
 > Be happy, healthy, humorous and free from suffering,
 > I love you,
 > Me- your little sis
 > 
 > PS I have an ongoing banter with one in our Buddhist sangha group.  I
 > wrote:
 > Subject:  Just a little diddy..."I couldn't be better."
 > 
 > B.: Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein, quotes Gwen(Sylvia's
 > friend/student):   "... often because I think she's right: we couldn't be
 > better, ever, than how we are. Even when we are miserable. Even when our
 > misery is strong enough to leak out and create pain for other people. If
 > we could, we would. No one wants to suffer."
 > 
 > When I first heard this response('I couldn't be better') when being
 > asked, "how are you?",  from Sylvia, one of my many favorite teachers,
 > years ago, I felt this was a clear insight.  And then there is 'doing"
 > and just "being' also something I like to reflect on.~Bhavani
 > 
 > Response
 > A: 
 > Well that makes me feel better...  Now I have an excuse for everything I
 > do...   Hey sorry I ran your daughter over when I was drunk.. Sorry I
 > sent your kid off to get killed in some god forsaken part of the world.. 
 >  I was just doing the best I could...   You know how it is...   Have a
 > nice life..  I guess personal responsibility is out of fashion in these
 > modern Buddhist times...  Mindfulness requires just a bit too much
 > effort...   In each moment we make choices...  Or does fate just lock us
 > into the illusion of free will..??
 > 
 > The "what fun" is meant to be sarcastic.  It is part of the inevitable
 > suffering that we must go through in life, so why not try to find some
 > way to sort of laugh at it.  Some of the time, especially when its the
 > middle of the night and it hurts and the meds are not working, the
 > "what fun!" might be confused with other exclamations.  The bottom
 > line, though, is that the results are ultimately worth it.
 > 
 > I had wrist and hand surgery on 12/2 and rotator cuff/clavicle surgery on
 > 12/19.
 > 
 > What fun!
 > 
 > Jim
 > 
 > On 12/29/09, Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl> wrote:
 > > Dearest Brother Jim-
 > >
 > > I don't know what you mean by ---What fun!  Sounds more like purgatory to
 > > me.  Think that I still would like to thank you for the information...
 > > me thinks I will dole this 'what fun!' out little by little to Mr. Dick.
 > >
 > > We stayed only a short time at Alice's and it was really good to see Ron,
 > > Pat, Jack, Donna, Eve, Emily(Eve's sisterly)... I do not know if Ken and
 > > Jan came later or Janet & Kim?? Chris and Amy dropped by when we were
 > > getting ready to leave.  They were going to Foxwoods so Amy could
 > > introduce her cousin to Chris. Yes, it sounds serious 'cause it is. We
 > > missed you and Judy.  I know we didn't go last year so I wanted to try to
 > > 'git' there during the holidays for 2009. Pat gave us a small framed
 > > photo from the Christmas party at their home 2 years ago.  Everyone looks
 > > pretty good.
 > >
 > > It also made me happy reading what you wrote on your Facebook page:
 > >
 > >  I am happy that there are still those that remember my mother's
 > > heartfelt kindness and my father's gentle sense of humor. How fortunate
 > > we were to have shared earth with them. ~J
 > >
 > > When are you having your shoulder surgery?____  And is it the shoulder
 > > and the rotator cuff as well?___
 > >
 > > Hope to see you next year!
 > > In love,
 > > BhavaniMarg
 > > PS And thanks for forwarding --Months to Live:  Hard Choice for a
 > > Comfortable Death: Sedation.  I am once again volunteering part time
 > > lately for Hospice.
 >