http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/buddha-shape-your-life en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, </em></p><p align="center"><em>as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Buddha, 6th century bce Indian mystic and founder of Buddhism</p><p align="center">from <em>The Dhammapada</em></p><p>Buddha also says <em>&quot;When you are living in darkness, why don't you look for the light?&quot;</em></p><p>Are you looking for the light? Are you shaping your life?</p><p>Can you spend a little more quiet time with yourself--looking at your life and consciously shaping who you are becoming? </p><p>Here's to shaping our lives.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:373:373 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/373