Posts Tagged ‘balance’

Let me think about it

“If you’ve practised with the small things, you’ll be able to deal with the big things.” This one stopped me in my tracks. The Abbot said he was going to get his sleeping bag dry-cleaned, and I thought “Mine could really do with cleaning too”. So I asked him “Could we get my sleeping bag [...]

Perfectly Balanced

“…just for an instant, the entire universe seemed perfectly balanced…” Over the summer after my first year at university, I got a job as a porter at the hospital where my mother worked. Aside from all of the patient transport, waste disposal, message carrying and numerous other duties, one of our jobs was to move [...]

Amigo

“Seeing I had nothing of value for him to steal he sat and chatted with me…” While sitting on a bench one evening, waiting for the bus to Old San Juan, I met a young Puerto Rican dude. He was evidently a mugger. He sat down next to me, smiled, and saying, “permiso,” (excuse me), [...]