Mel, I can identify with your picture of a person just living in the now and not really caring about things like careers/relationships in the next 5 years (God, that's sooooo me). But that's only half the story. If you read the words Steve wrote below, I think you'll also find that the CEO of a mult-national company could be included in them.
>Zen people are an aimless, useless lot, going nowhere >and doing nothing! Mike ________________________________ From: Mel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 8 March, 2011 14:34:31 Subject: [Zen] Two Potent Quotes(to Steve/list) Yayyyyy!! At last, somebody had finally pointed this out. Thank you Steve! When I was in my 20s, I dated a highly-driven career-type woman who was frustrated with me to no end because I couldn't answer the..... ...'Mel, I just want a straight answer: where do you see yourself in 5 years time?'..... Unfortunately, my dualistic 'small self' just couldn't allow myself to tell her.... ...'Signora, I do have some idea of where I'm headed, but more importantly, I'm more concerned on a moment-by-moment basis'.... ...which would have probably been replied to by..... ....'Mel, are you nuts!? You live on a day-by-day basis?'... As I said folks, I was dualistic during the whole date. Hey, I was trying to impress her, no?...*grin*... Buddha be praised Mel PS. Because this forum's messages are open to the dualistic public, this sense of relief will certainly be misunderstood, instead of otherwise. Zen is Zen is Zen is Zen.......... --- On Tue, 8/3/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: Zen people are an aimless, useless lot, going nowhere and doing nothing! Steve
