Goodbye to my Good Friend

Inspirational words from the Great Master Thich Nhat Hanh when you feel angry
Below is a beautiful poem written with great wisdom
from the poet Papa Lam

Goodbye to my Good Friend

I have a good friend called Anger;
It is suffering and yet I crave.
It has claimed my marriage but I was saved.
It has claimed my life but yet I was saved.
It has claimed my job but I was saved.

With wisdom and compassion I shall
proclaim upon all Bodhisattvas

"Thank you for walking the journey with me path
in the past with me,
but my dear old friend, Anger
You are no longer needed (in the present)
for crossing the seas of suffering
whose shores are clear to you and me.
Please leave and bid goodbye.
Please leave and don't bid goodbye."

From Papa Lam to Mama Lee Lam

Poem: The Cloud

As a free person I can always come and go,
Not caught in ideas of is and is not.
Not caught in ideas of being and non-being
Let your steps be leisurely.

Waxing or waning the moon is always the moon
The wind is still flying. Can you feel it my dear?
Bringing the rain from afar to nourish the nearby cloud
Drops of sunshine fall from on high to earth below
And the lap of earth touches the clear vault of the sky.

~Thich Nhat Hanh