Mudita means \u201csympathetic joy\u201d in Sanskrit. It is the\u00a0happiness one enjoys for others. In Buddhism mudita is\u00a0\u201cthe ability to spontaneously and sincerely participate in another\u2019s good fortune as if it were your own.\u201d A mantra is a hymn or portion of a text in Hinduism. It is chanted\u00a0or intoned as an incantation or prayer.<\/p>\n
A Midsummer Morning Mudita Mantra<\/strong><\/p>\n I have mudita for these things, days, and all four seasons Concrete thinkers abstract thoughts begin to comprehend *** Mudita means \u201csympathetic joy\u201d in Sanskrit. It is the\u00a0happiness one enjoys for others. In Buddhism…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":387597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673],"class_list":["post-395769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-lvnv","tag-nola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOn three-day holidays which sometimes on Monday end
\nAll those who disregard online trolls that insult and offend
\nWednesday hump day with the weekend round the bend
\nThursdays when my neighbors have a helping hand to lend
\nFridays getting beer and other things for a party weekend
\nSaturday house chores done so no more clean ups to tend
\nA day to rest up with a snoozing Sunday siesta to mend.<\/p>\n
\nKorean grandparents enjoying tropical fruit and juice blend
\nLoose chickens, goats, pigs, and cows finally get penned
\nEvery day during the Xmas holidays making a new friend
\nMudita for all who once seemed to be easily offended
\nWho now bring us laughter before each day is ended.<\/p>\n
\nJoey aka Pepe Batbon Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"