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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Just what I needed to read. At this very moment.

I was doing my daily rounds of blog reading yesterday and I stumbled on this blog post at Zen Habits (a great blog, btw). One of the readers of Zen Habits was able to see the Dalai Lama in Seattle and he took notes to send along to Leo so he could post them. Wow. First of all, why didn’t I make the short trip to Seattle to see the Dalai Lama myself? But I digress. This little snipped really jumped out at me and resonated very strongly:

. . .he spoke on all people being connected, and their flourishing allowing us all to prosper. Helping one person helps yourself, helping one country helps yours, helping one continent helps your own, etc. By the same token, the destruction of your enemy is the destruction of yourself; your enemy is a part of yourself.

What more can one say about that? It’s truth speaks volumes. I want to print this up and post it where I will see it everyday.

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One response to “Just what I needed to read. At this very moment.”

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    Karma

    Yeah, why didn’t you come out? 🙂 I was able to participate in Children’s Day and brought all of my students with me… I don’t think they really grasped the importance of the day, being so young and all, but little seeds were certainly planted, which was the whole point of it all. As for me, I was overcome with emotion at some points. It was hard to believe I was right there in the same room as H.H! But that sounds like celebrity or something, and that’s not what I mean… anyway, I felt blessed to be there to hear his message.

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