Happy Buddha Statue
I made this photograph while I was on my walk-about in Hawaii two years ago. The statue stands only 6-8 inches high on a small shelf in a sheltered outdoor area. Each time I walked by and saw it, it made me smile with delight. I loved the colors and Buddha’s big belly and the dragonfly necklace around his neck.
Mindful
by Mary Oliver
Every Day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It is what I was born for—
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world—
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant—
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these—
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
Beautiful Maile in Happy Buddha Pose (Big Island, Hawaii)
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