“As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame.” ~The Dhammapada, Verse 81 Some moments lift you like moonlight.
Others break you like a wave. I’ve lived through both—and I’ve come to believe that the way we move through these emotional thresholds defines who we become.
By thresholds, I mean the turning points in our lives—experiences so vivid, painful, or awe-filled that they pull us out of our usual routines and bring us face to face with something real.
Some come in silence, others with sound and light, but they all leave a mark. And they ask something of us. The Night the Frogs Were Singing Years ago, I was in San Ignacio, Baja California Sur—a small town nestled in the middle of a vast, harsh desert.
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