Trip to Wats 2

One afternoon they said that we could spend the afternoon at a flower park or at the temple. Immediately my brother's were like 'FLOWER PARK!!! Bet that won't be happening again any time soon where they're thaaaat enthusiastic about a flower park hahahaha.so we spent the afternoon there.

It felt like we weren't in South East Asia!

I love the way they did up the place. And I love how open and clean it was. And the colors!!~ ~

We also visited another Wat on another day. Called Wat Boonyawad. Ajahn Dtun let us ask him questions after breakfast. This is him and the translator:

I was really happy to attend it somehow. We asked him questions and because there'd been a question weighing on my mind which i just wanted to get off my chest, i pulled myself together and asked him. I asked him 'There are some people I don't get along with and somehow every time I meet with them negative feelings are aroused like anger, impatience etc. As a human, I don't like these negative feelings and because I try to avoid them, I wish I could avoid these people too or I try to avoid these people. Is this ok?'

In the middle of asking this question, I started tearing up. Admittedly, I've been kinda emotionally fraught I guess. Ever since grandma passed away I've teared up at seemingly random times when I'm especially fraught with emotions. I think another reason I started tearing up was because Ajahn Dtun was looking at me with soooo much compassion. So much. Just through his eyes.

He said 'It's normal to get along very well with some people and not so well with others. It could be past kharma at work. The important thing is to remember that everyone wants to be happy. Everyone is searching for happiness. When someone says something, be mindful of your mind. What you think and what you say. However, if you can't do this, it may be better to avoid these people'.

It's really very hard to be mindful. I've tried it. It's much too easy to just react.