I had studied a little Buddhism and a little Taoism in my day. I had even dabbled in a little Hindu philosophy to go along with my Southern Baptist upbringing. After all, you get around to almost everything when you live to be 120 years old. Well, he said, It s like this. He paused for a minute to let that sink in and then went on.
Surrender is a wonderful thing.
I ve learned that the more I accept what happens, whether good or bad, the happier I am. In fact, these days I look forward to trouble because I ve found that the speed with which I recover my good attitude after a bad thing happens is a good indication of my overall enlightenment. Now he was starting to lose me. That can t be right. Well, maybe not God.