Really beautiful. I'm remembering the last time I saw dear Ganoba earlier this year. I didn't know it would be the last time of course, I guess I'm so young I tend to take for granted that I'll see folks again. Though Ganoba didn't say it out loud, I feel like he *acted* towards me in a way that said, "I'm just beaming to see you, and there's no point holding any of that beaming back, because if this is the last time we see each other, I want to express that love to you as fully as it exists in me." He did this very simply, as apparently he was apt to do: a BIG smile, hand on my cheek, a warm hug and a blessing with a kiss. Feel very grateful for those 9.7 seconds or so, and for all the little moments woven and threaded here and there in this community amidst his unique life. Saw this quote and thought it fits here, in a number of ways: "The highest art is the art of living an ordinary life in an extraordinary manner." ~ Tibetan Proverb