A Lesson From The Dalai Lama
I was doing my end of the night browse through Digg when I came across the headline that Time had released their list of the 100 most influential people. Number one on that list for “Leaders & Revolutionaries” was the Dalai Lama which is quite fitting given the strength of the character the man has shown in recent months considering the deaths of over 100 of his people at the hands of the Chinese government. Despite all of this adversity, he has chosen the peaceful course for his country which is simple autonomy rather than pure independence. Can you imagine making such a decision? Can you imagine the harmony that must exist in the man’s soul to deal with adversity on a daily basis? I simply cannot since I quite often lose patience over the simplest things therefore the lesson I would like all of us to take away today is one of “Patience.” Patience in all things especially politics.
May 01 2008 11:12 pm | Chinese Politics and World Politics
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Crian, every day I pray for more patience, I swear! I find myself sometimes stressing over something that truly isn’t important enough to stress over. I have to constantly remind myself not to let the little stuff get me down. With all that The Dalai Lama has had to endure he truly is an amazing man.
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm
You sound pretty patient to me Gayle, given all the time you put into your blogging and reading everyone else’s comments. I think so often we forget about the concept eventhough I sure if everyone embraced the concept, the world would be alot better.