生老病死, 生離死别 / Human Existence and Experience

(Words of encouragement to a blog friend)

This morning on the radio, I heard a good line from a punk rocker who, oddly enough, also believes in Buddhism. He said: Buddhism is not about suffering. It is more about our expectations not being fulfilled in life. His idea is to seek happiness from ordinary things, such as looking at the moon or the blue sky - no expectations there, we are all part of nature :)

Sometimes we need to put things in perspective. We are not the first in the human race to go through 生老病死, 生離死别, nor will we be the last one. It is all part of the human existence and experience, for thousand of years.