Sadness

Today I had a hard day Rem. I thought of sad things too much, and it made me get scared. I'm doing better now, but I thought of a story that I want to tell you about being sad. Its a story about a really good guy from a long time ago. His name was Buddha. One day Buddha was sitting below a beautiful tree meditating. He loved nature. While he was being calm and peaceful with the birds and flowers, a monster came sneaking up through the grass. The monsters name was Mara, and she had the power of sadness. But Buddha had a very strong heart and spirit, and he knew Mara was there. Buddha opened one eye and said "I see you Mara". He wasn't scared of sadness. Buddha loved life, all of it, and sadness is sometimes a part of life. Buddha said hi to Mara but he didn't get scared, and he didn't let her stay too long. Soon it was just the sun, flowers, birds, and Buddha. Mara came back somedays, but Buddha always said "I see you Mara".

Remember it's ok to be sad Rem. I get sad. But we can't let Mara stay too long because she will try to scare us and distract us from the beautiful things in life. Love you.