We Are Broken

At last, a little quiet and stillness.  Judy Gallagher and her daughter Sarah brought over the evening’s delicious  dinner. With a candle I had lit, Mev and I sat at the table, she in her…

For L.K. Lapinski

When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: “Why do I care if my high school’s team wins the football game? I don’t know anybody on the team, they have nothing…

Just Like Me

Jeffrey Hopkins, the Dalai Lama’s translator for ten years, tells a story about traveling with him in the West. Wherever he went, His Holiness would repeat in English, “Everyone wants happiness, doesn’t want suffering.” He…

Gratitude/837

I’m grateful for friends who came to Sophia House to join me in reading chapters from and engaging in discussions on Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine  on Saturday 24 October. Our local coordinator (My teacher) Murad (Half…

“Don’t Be Frivolous”

This morning at sangha at Sophia House, we distributed at random lojong slogan  cards and reflected on ones we received.  One of mine was #58, Don’t be frivolous,” which reminds me of the following recollection…