Thursday, November 10, 2005

The Dalai Lama ......

I stumbled across this the other day

Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve greatrisk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
.3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others andresponsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correctit.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back,you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation.Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for eachother exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

A funny thing happened on the Way to the forum


Well maybe not the forum...But I thought a rather amusing thing happened at the starbucks in borders on St. Giles street...(yeah that's right I actually have to clarify which starbucks I was in, as I discovered there are actually 3..). I was sitting in the cafe, drinking a grande ginger-bread no whip latte reading a sorrid romance novel pirated from the bookstore, when an extremely attractive British man with a smile that could rival Hugh Grants decides to sit at my table as there was no where else to sit at the moment. The results were disastrous.... It went something like this :

charming British man: 'ello....Mind if I sit here luv while I wait for my coffee?

me (desperately trying to hid the cover of my book) : uhhh...gag cough ...sure?

Charming British man : brilliant....oh you're an American....Studying here for the year?

ME (panicked look because I know where this is going): umm...Term....(quickly takes a sip of grande ginger-bread no-whip latte)

Charming british man : that's wonderful...Bet you're reading for class eh....What are you reading....

Me: (starts choking on the sip of grande ginger-bread no-whip latte...Shooting sprays of the rather expensive drink all over the book and the table...As he gets a look at the cover...)

Charming British man....Yes still charming...: ah yes....Oh there's my coffee have a good day .....

My reaction: WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY SOOOOOO AWKWARD WHY WHY WHY ...Damn I got latte all over my book which i haven't purchased and plan to put right back on the shelf.....