accepting what i have vs. making plans for better future - good or bad?
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i saw an answer here that i liked:
>...
> Of course we have all these grand ideas about the great business we
> want to open, or the great way we could help people, or other visions
> of great success - but they are only projections of thought into the
> future. This projection creates a mismatch between "here" and "there".
> From this mismatch comes dukkha, the feeling of wrongness.
>
> Instead, for any success you will have achieved, there must be a
> pathway from where you are now, to there, with the first step being
> within reach. Therefore the only way to get there is to work with what
> you have right here and now. So do your best with what life gives you
> at every given moment ...
i have a job i don't like - it hurts my legs because of long standing time - and i was thinking about other career paths... of ways i can earn money and leave this job - like starting a private business - but in light of the above answer, is it a bad idea to think about this, from Buddhism perspective?
i would really like to know your thoughts on this: should i stop and just work without thinking about a better job / a private business?
Asked by breath
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Dec 4, 2015, 02:47 AM
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