Last night I was up late reading Reeve Lindbergh's book No More Words, on the last years of her mother's life. Her mother was Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author of Gift from the Sea...
It is a beautiful book and I recommend it, a look at saying good-bye....
And if you haven't read or re-read Gift from the Sea lately, I recommend that too.....
I take this from Rhonda's posting on caringbridge, Rhonda, the mother of Mitchell who passed so young, Rhonda, the woman so brave and courageous, it brings tears to my eyes to think of her...
Time Magazine on the Dalai Lama - 100 Most Influential People in the World vol 171 #19 May 12 2008
The most inspiring thing he ever told me was to ignore all organized faiths and keep to the road of higher consciousness. “Without relying on religion we look to common sense, common experience and findings of science for understanding.” I do the same thing but I still marvel at this model of calm and compassion. To whom does the Dalai Lama turn for inspiration? It’s not a person but a place --- beyond I and thou, beyond self and nonself. The wonder isn’t that such a place can be found. The wonder is that one man makes it look so easy.
