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Holiday Haiku
Beautiful views.
When I come home,
they are still beautiful.
I have a tendancy to turn wonderful experiences into painful ones. This, to me, is one of the meanings of the Buddhist saying that everything is suffering. Even happy times disappear, and when they disappear, we long for them again. When they're here, we fear they'll disappear. And even if we don't we're too excited to enjoy them. But this time I was aware of my tendancy. So, I calmed myself down, didn't worry when Naomi wanted to go shopping ( he he ) and actually enjoyed every moment, instead of rushing to find the best moment. We were shopping in a store surrounded by mountains after all. And then when I got home, I didn't long to be there anymore. I had my pictures, my memories, and felt replenished. Because what's the point of a holiday, if only to come home and be worse off than when you left? Mountains, trees and open spaces are great, but they're not there to make me despise the city! But man, it was nice...
Tomorrow, Jamie is coming to visit Tokyo and he's staying with yours truly. Going to be great! We'll be off to Nikko on Monday, Karaoke and stuff Friday, and whatever else he wants to do. I even bought a futon and bean pillow for him, although actaully I needed a new one, so when he goes, I'll use the new one...
Right...
posted by PA on Wednesday, August 11, 2004
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