Tag: belief
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Between Fire and Silence: How Faith Evolves~
These two images were taken in China, in a Buddhist temple. I remember, during my time living there, asking a Buddhist friend when he typically went to the temple. His answer stayed with me ever since. He said, “I go when I want something, and when I am sick.” That struck me as fascinating, so…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 11/365
Good Morning, When you are like me and you love exploring this planet and learning about its inhabitants, then some places haunt you for years after you visit them. One of these places is Varanasi in India. You probably have heard of Varanasi, its floods of pilgrims, swamis, holy men and women, the river Ganga…
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Holy water~
When I was a small child, we lived close to a very special monastery. In that monastery was a very magical well that always fascinated the dreamy child in me. We were told that the well was always empty but if you prayed and your prayers were accepted then the water flowed and you could…
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The greatest fear~
One of the greatest fears might be to one day realize one is insignificant. To have lived a life that touched no one deeply, to not have loved passionately, to not have given for the sake of giving and not to have believed in something much greater than oneself. And scarier even than all of…
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Day 4~ October 4th~ Yunnan
In Yunnan province in China, there are at least 26 ethnic minorities living in small villages up and down the lush green mountains. We drove through these villages and met some of these amazing people who were said to have come from the mountains of Tibet before settling in Yunnan. The Hani believe that all…
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Day 21~ February 21st~ Lebanon
At about age 5 or 6, my sister and I used to love playing house games with the neighborhood children in our village. We had an unfinished floor in our home that was still cement walls and bricks and we created our own pretend little world there. We had a basket tied to a rope…
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Day Three Hundred Sixty Two, January 19, 2012
I have been thinking a lot lately about children and the process of growing up. My daughter is 7 and she is a dreamer, a total believer in the magic of life, in fairies, in angels, in the unusual and special things about life. As she gets schooled and gradually grows older, some of her…