Daily Prompt: Goals
When you started your blog, did you set any goals? Have you achieved them? Have they changed at all?
Firstly sorry about not posting, the last few weeks have been hectic. From major dental work, to getting ready to run this Sunday in Calgary, have when added to the daily grind meant, computer time has been rare. So over the next week I’ll be back posting, but more importantly checking out your posts.
In late 2010 when I started this blog, my goal was to express myself about daily issues. Have I achieved them, in most ways I would have to say yes.
However my blog has changed, from Keiththegreen’s blog to A Western Buddhist’s Travels. I also added the sight seeing and detours tagline, as I tend to see like to see what’s off the beaten path. I don’t spend 24 hours a day studying Buddhism, I have to live in the real world, which means work, friends, relationships, family, coffee, etc. So things such as great tasting recipes may find themselves re-blogged here. I have even been known to request a recipe or three when I have read a description of something that sounds tasty. Oh as a qualifier I like the taste of Durian, and 5 chili Thai food, so adopt the recipes you find useful and edible. For those who have never tried Durian, it is also known as the “king of fruits” for its custard-like, almond-flavored flesh. However the smell, is unique, as this newspaper report from January will describe, Durian prompts evacuation of mall.
Sometimes tech stuff that might escape the consumer of tech, who doesn’t stay leading edge, let alone bleeding edge(where the price causes you to get paper cuts reaching into your wallet). Also at times I pass along helpful hints such as creating a secure log in password from a phrase, that means something to you, so you can always recreate the password.
I also still talk about environmental issues from time to time. I have repeated a saying here several times, that “We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, but we borrow the earth from our children.” Watching someone justify the waste of resources, or intentionally harming the environment will get me vocal.To a Buddhist, everything is interconnected and interdependent. Having held a family dog, as he was put to sleep by a vet to ease his suffering, I know they have feelings. I still occasionally consume meat or seafood, but am working on being 100% vegetarian. If I am someplace where I am not in control of the menu, as I try not to impose my views on others, but as those of you who follow my blog know, I will discuss them. I have the same view as the 14th Dalai Lama, that in most cases the religion you were born and raised with is the best road for you to follow. However I also add, if you can’t abide by the norms and dictates of the path you were raised to follow, then choose a path that makes you a better person. The religion that you follow will not make you a good person, rather it is the successful integration of the moral values of said religion into your life that will do so. Respecting others who follow a different path, shows you are secure enough to know, everyone has their own journey, and that your’s is uniquely your own.
Will my blog change, of course. However it will hopefully continue to have something that you find engaging, or useful, perhaps even humorous within it. As always if you disagree with what I write, please feel free to let me know. Constructive debate will always be welcome, and perhaps we both will expand our horizons. Personal attacks against any commentator on my post will not be tolerated, as each of us has the right to our viewpoint.
A Western Buddhist's Travels 
We have brought the rains to Calgary so that you will feel at home at the Marathon. I wish you a successful run and if you get a chance, you may also want to check out the Lilac Festival on 4th street SW. I go every year, maybe I’ll see you there!