A Beautiful Life: heaven on earth (人間天堂)

Today after breakfast and chanting, i did gardening. there is a hedge of jasmine (see photo1) in the front which has gone bizarre, growing into our neighbours garage, blocking our back door, etc.

This has been haunting me since i got back in feb., but because both andrew and kevin does not do gardening, and wendy and sid are busy, so i had to do so myself. i bought an electric trimmer and a long extension cord (see photo2) and started cutting (can u imagine a woman cutting trees with an electric trimmer? must be a good scene hahaha ) . this time, after i hurt my back, i learned my lesson and did things slow, using my knees instead of my back.

i then cut the 'old birds'

from the bird of paradise shrubs (see photo3). interestingly enough, right after the cutting, the new trimmer stopped working (i must had very very rough with it

). tomorrow i will have to take it back for a refund or return, but at least it helped me do my job hehehe. this is the mystic law.

then i went grocery shopping and bought myself a bunch of 'forget me nots' (see photo4). now i feel very happy and relaxed.

you know what, after going thru soooo much ups and downs and struggles in life (since childhood), a quiet, non-eventful and peaceful life is heavens to me.

cheers

lydia

今天早餐後，我到屋前的花園修剪一排矮矮的茉莉花（見附圖1）它長得己經去到的鄰居車庫，並封鎖我們的後門.

我在二月回到悉尼之後, 這一直困擾我，但因為andrew 和kevin都不肯做園藝，而wendy和sid都很忙，所以我不得不自己樣。我買了一個電動修剪器（見附圖2），並開始切割（哈哈能你能想像一個女人用電動剪剪樹嗎？這一定是一個好看的場景哈哈哈）。這一次，我因為背傷吸取了教訓，做事情慢慢的做，用我的膝蓋支持，而不是我的背部。

之後我更剪掉一些乾了的天堂鳥(老雀, 嘻嘻).（見附圖3）。有趣的是，在所有工作完成之後，那个修剪器死了火, 壽中正寢了. (可能我對它不夠温柔吧嘻嘻。)明天我將不得不把它收回退款或退貨，但至少它替我完成了我的工作呵。吓這就是妙法了.

接着我去超市購物，給自己買了一束淺紫色的'忘了我'花（見附圖4）。現在我感到非常高興, 滿足和輕鬆。

你知道嗎，我從小經歷了那麼多波折和奮鬥, 一份平淡,平靜, 平凡的生活，對我來說己經是天堂了。