Thank you as always Adreanna. Your essay touched my heart. I write children's books on endangered species, a bee, a monarch butterfly, an orphaned elephant, a pangolin donating any royalties to organizations that protect them. I am a sucker for street dogs in Taiwan, a destroyed habitat, a child going hungry. So I am grateful for your offer of a way to accept moments of heartache along with moments of joy as part of the natural rhythms of life. From a flower that buds too early to a Texas wildfire that destroys millions of acres you teach that we can't control the seasons or nature but we can control our breath and approach each day finding ways to make a difference while at the same time stay balanced and compassionate.
Celia how fabulous- I’m going to look for your books! I am also a sucker, as you said, for the suffering of the world. Is it any wonder Buddhism found me as a way to make sense of the world? Joy and heartache. Spring and fall. Peanut butter and jelly. Salt and pepper. ♥️
As an organic farmer people, I find people often lament to me about food waste and while that is a very broad and nuanced topic, I find often I say this very thing! I tell them that any excess produce or food waste we have on our farm is never truly waste if we return it to the earth. Thank you and Lodro for your posts, I appreciate them weekly!
Yes!! How cool that you are an organic farmer! Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you. We are nothing without our farmers (except hungry and malnourished). ♥️
Thank you as always Adreanna. Your essay touched my heart. I write children's books on endangered species, a bee, a monarch butterfly, an orphaned elephant, a pangolin donating any royalties to organizations that protect them. I am a sucker for street dogs in Taiwan, a destroyed habitat, a child going hungry. So I am grateful for your offer of a way to accept moments of heartache along with moments of joy as part of the natural rhythms of life. From a flower that buds too early to a Texas wildfire that destroys millions of acres you teach that we can't control the seasons or nature but we can control our breath and approach each day finding ways to make a difference while at the same time stay balanced and compassionate.
Celia how fabulous- I’m going to look for your books! I am also a sucker, as you said, for the suffering of the world. Is it any wonder Buddhism found me as a way to make sense of the world? Joy and heartache. Spring and fall. Peanut butter and jelly. Salt and pepper. ♥️
As an organic farmer people, I find people often lament to me about food waste and while that is a very broad and nuanced topic, I find often I say this very thing! I tell them that any excess produce or food waste we have on our farm is never truly waste if we return it to the earth. Thank you and Lodro for your posts, I appreciate them weekly!
Yes!! How cool that you are an organic farmer! Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you. We are nothing without our farmers (except hungry and malnourished). ♥️
I love this one, Adreanna! I think we were on the same wavelength this week, trying to find just the right word to describe our ~feelings~.
A moment of kindred minds! :) Wrapping words around experience is so satisfying ✍️