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A Stranger's Blessing In The Condolence Line
Jun 04, 2021, 6 comments, 30 smiles
[Below is Tez's touching story of a stranger and her father, from the opening circle of a retreat. Originally transcribed in March 2020.]
I'm so grateful to be here. I am Tez. I have a couple of things that come to mind when I think of unexpected encounters, but one in particular is screaming to come out today.
About eight years ago, I was a little bit lost. They have a saying that when you lose someone very special in your life, you go through an array of feelings. You feel hatred, you feel victimized, you feel sad, you feel joy, you feel shame, you feel guilt. And I was kind of feeling that cocktail of emotions. I lost my father after a year of suffering, but I was extremely grateful that I could be of service to him during that final year of us being together.
But I was confused. I thought, ... Read Full Story
21 Day Pilgrim Challenge!
Feb 09, 2018, 7 comments, 39 smiles
At the Gandhi 3.0 retreat, we had a small "Secret Service" team, whose job was to figure out unsuspecting acts of kindness to make people's days. It's hard to determine the extent to which it made others smile, :) but it certainly made them incredibly happy to pour so much love into the smallest of things!
Two days after the retreat, a final assignment arrived -- Zilong! In gratitude for the deep inspiration he keeps sharing, we wondered if we could offer him a blessing for his journey ahead. But for someone who travels like a pilgrim and lives out of his back-pack, what can we possibly give?
Few of us started brainstorming, and quickly an idea emerged: 21-Day Zilong Challenge! We came up with 21 qualities about Zilong that inspires us (that was easy!), wrote a description of each, and crafted a hand-made diary. All who sign up would embark on ... Read Full Story
