Life's Tips

Quote from Pension_Admin:

Here is another tip:

Price for items in the convenient store is not really set in stone. You can always negotiate to get a better deal.

I negotiated the price for a bottle of coke from $2.50 to $2.00, and both me and the convenient store owner feel happier because I got what I wanted at a discount (not much, but it's good enough for an impulse purchase), and the convenient store owner made a sale, thinking that he was able to persuade a guy, who was thinking of just getting a $1 can of coke, to buy a $2.00 bottle!

PA
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Do you think this would work with slim jim's? Sometimes I really rather would have something to eat.
 
this is my life tip, from a Tibetan Lama.
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Happiness cannot be found
through great effort and willpower,
but is already present, in open relaxation
and letting go.

Don't strain yourself:
there is nothing to do nor undo.
Whatever momentarily arises in the body mind
has no real importance at all,
has little reality whatsoever.
Why identify with, and become attached to it,
passing judgement upon it and ourselves?

Far better to simply
let the entire game happen on its own,
springing up and falling back like waves -
without changing or manipulating anything -
and notice how everything vanishes and
reappears, magically, again and again,
time without end.

Only our searching for happiness
prevents us from seeing it.
It's like a vivid rainbow which you pursue
without ever catching,
or a dog chasing its own tail.
Although peace and happiness do not exist
as an actual thing or place,
it is always available
and accompanies you every instant.

Don't believe in the reality
of good and bad experiences;
they are like today's ephemeral weather,
like rainbows in the sky.

Wanting to grasp the ungraspable,
you exhaust yourself in vain.
As soon as you open and relax
this tight fist of grasping,
infinite space is there -
open, inviting and comfortable.

Make use of this spaciousness, this freedom
and natural ease.
Don't search any further.
Don't go into the entangled jungle
looking for the great awakened elephant
who is already resting quietly at home
in front of your own hearth.

Nothing to do or undo.
Nothing to force,
nothing to want
and nothing missing -

Emaho! Marvellous!
Everything happens by itself
 
Quote from nutmeg:

Do you think this would work with slim jim's? Sometimes I really rather would have something to eat.
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I believe it would work on anything that the owner would sell him/herself---especially in this recovery period.

I would start with asking, "How much..." so that he/she knows I am budget-minded, and just wanted to get a quick bargain. If he/she won't back down, I'll just walk away and politely tell him/her that I'll be back with more money next time.

PA
 
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