Buddhism And Modern Psychology

I started taking an online course called Buddhism and Modern Psychology.  Yesterday the lesson was about suffering.  Buddhism believes that suffering comes from being attached to things.  I've believed this for awhile now since I've been reading about Buddhism.  It is still hard for me to not be attached to things and outcomes, etc.  On my way to work today I saw two instances where things changed suddenly that I was attached to at the moment. One was at an intersection.  I was letting a car go through, and all of a sudden it started to back up instead of going through the intersection so I went through instead.  As I got to the next intersection the car in front of me was pulled to the left with it's left signal on and all of a sudden, put on it's right signal and turned right.  These may seem like small things, but it goes to show you that at any moment in your life things can change.  Getting attached to an outcome and wanting to happen a certain way is aggravating if it doesn't work out the way we think it should.  I'm trying to live in the moment and when things happen just accept them.  This way there is no suffering.  If I start with the small stuff like on my way to work it will get easier when the big stuff comes up.  ~Thanks for listening

Are We Doing Enough For Our Children?

I think this country should spend as much time taking care of people's mental diseases as they do physical diseases.

With all the mass shootings going on around the country, I think they should have classes in all schools about bullying, feelings, cliques, feeling left out, being shy, low self-esteem, etc.  It shouldn't be a one hour class a month.  Or talking to kids AFTER something like this happens.  It should be a weekly class like gym, or art class.

I think schools should make it feel like a safe place to talk about what is going on at home.  And like I said in another post, have parenting classes for all age ranges of parenting children.

There has to be something we can do to help these children know how to make better choices.  I understand that some mental illnesses can not be treated, but I'm sure the majority of the mass shootings were done by children that didn't feel heard, or didn't fit in.  If they did, maybe someone would have noticed a change in their behavior.

My condolences go out to the families that were shot and to the family of the child that did this.

S.W.A.T.

Just heard about a new thing that kids are doing. It's called swatting. They call and say there is a break-in or kidnapping and the police send a swat team. That is the craziest thing I've ever heard. All that wasted money and time. Then if they need the cops elsewhere they will not be available.

I think parents should spend more time with their children and start punishing them and teaching them right from wrong. If they don't, the world will be in even more disarray in 10 years than it is now. Come on people. Have free parenting classes. Have separate classes and make them for baby, toddler, grade school, teenage and early twenties. Towns and states waste so much money on other things that this would be a better preventative way to spend it.