a stroll in the park (公園散步)

today in the afternoon i took dog dog for a walk  along the lake in a nearby park, the centennial parklands.

i felt very good, the sky was clear, the air fresh, ducks swimming in the pond and birds flying in the sky.  (see photos). when michele and kevin were small, i used to take them to the parks on sunday afternoons, now that they are all grown, i still have dog dog, so life is good to me, right?

as i was going to go home feeling happy and relaxed, a cyclist passed by and yelled at me: stupid woman!  i was stunned!  yeah, i had been called names before but never 'STUPID WOMAN' . guess he thought i was in his way (but i was not).

well, life is :  just as u think you are happy and doing fine, then something hits you.  it took me a couple of minutes to recover , then i decided not to let this affect me and arr home still feeling good - thanks to my years of buddhist practice,  i have been taught not to be affected by adversities, it really helps.

cheers

lydia

今天下午我帶狗狗到附近的一個公園裡裹沿湖散步。 

我感覺非常好, 輕鬆愉快，天空晴朗，空氣清新，鴨子在池塘裡游泳，鳥兒在天空飛翔。 （見附圖）。我記得當michele 和kevin小的時候，我常帶他們在星期天下午去公園玩耍，現在他們都已經長大了，我還有狗狗，所以我的人生是很好的了，對不對？ 

正當我要回家時，一個騎單車的男人經過，並罵我：笨女人！我驚呆了！是啊，我以前都有被人罵過, 但從來沒有被稱為'愚蠢的女人'。我猜他是以為我阻路（但我不是啊）。 

這正好告訴我們現實生活是：正當你好開心之時, 就會遇到考驗。我花了一兩分鐘的時間去恢復，然後我決定不讓這影響到我的快樂, 之後我高高興興的回家 - 感謝我多年的佛法修行，教導我不要被逆境打倒, 真的有用!