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Russ Beauchene
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The master talked with the boy for a while and told him that he did not think the boy would be able to learn Zen. The boy begged and pleaded with the master to teach him. The master took to boy to a pool of water and told him to lean close and look at his reflection in the water. When the boy's face was just above the water, the master pushed his head under the water and held it there. When the boy started to run out of air he started fighting to get his head above water but the master still held it under the water. Just before the boy passed out, the master pulled his head out of the water. As the boy sat there gasping for breath, the master said. "When you want to learn Zen as badly as you wanted to breath just now, come back and see me."
We all say that there are things that we want in our lives. How important do we really make these things? Are we really willing to do whatever it takes to do these things?
I want to start writing a series of e-courses.
Is it more important than that TV show I want to watch? If it is not more important than all those things, I might as well not even start it. There are dreams and there are goals. Dreams are nice to sit and talk about and not really do anything about unless it falls right into my lap.
Goals are things that I work towards. Do you want to dream your dreams or do you really want to reach your goal?
What are you really willing to do to get there? When it becomes as important as it was for that boy to breath, you WILL reach your goal. It's your choice. Go ahead and choose. Russ
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