Sunday, August 12, 2012

Old Age Day by Day August 12, 2012

I just received photos of my granddaughter at a three different birthday parties and also three snaps of her "wedding" to her boyfriend.  They are irresistably adorable, and she makes a mighty pretty bride.  It's fun to see her dressed up and how grown up she looks.  I'll see her in person in a couple of weeks, but what a treat for me, coming back from meditation.  I had some good talks today with people at the temple, and actually gave my email to one woman, who lives a couple of hours away, but came to hear our teacher.  We clicked, and had a great time talking.  The man on the other side of me was wonderful, too, and we talked about length of meditation and other things, and I felt very comfortable wedged between them.  Our teacher shared and epiphany he had yesterday, and it was sweet to hear his story.  He had a yogi from Tibet with him as a guest, and he was wonderful.  His posture was lovely, and when he stood later, he was tall and big, just completely striking.

My teacher ended with a joke.  He probably laughed the most himself, but we were all delighted.  There was a disaster, a flood, and ten people needed rescuing.  Nine were men and one was a woman.  The helicopter pilot got a rope to them, but it was beginning to fray.  He yelled that one person needed to sacrifice himself so the others could be saved.  A man responded his wife could be the sacrifice, as she was used to it anyway.  The nine men were happy, they all clapped.

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