October 17, 2021

01

The silence has to be filtered, 
mined,
for its gold,
but if something is missed,
it cycles back around.

Waiting and watching 
are all it takes
to see and hear,
realize and understand,
know and do
and be aligned
with the truth 
of our life
at last.

We can speed things up
by having the right attitude
from the start.

Openness,
playfulness
and wonder
make all the difference.

We live on the playground
of magic
and miracle,
and are only one slight
perspective shift away
from the threshold 
to laughter and amazement
and "singing and dancing
in the rain."

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02

The Dalai Lama is the model
for how to do it.
For how to deal with our life.

When the Chinese invaded Tibet,
destroying Buddhist temples
and killing 1.2 million monks
and civilians,
the Dalai Lama escaped to Pakistan,
and has lived in exile there since 1950.

And he has always exhibited graciousness,
kindness and compassion in his way
through the world,
with no bitterness, rancor, or resentment
evident in his words or manner.

He continues to do now 
what needs to be done now,
the way it needs to be done,
responding to each moment
in ways appropriate to that moment,
as though nothing is big enough
to cast a pall 
over all that remains
of life and being.

Nothing is big enough
to cast a pall 
over all that remains
of life and being. 

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