Sweet seekers:

I regret the need for brevity again today, but I've been distracted with crossing some t's and dotting some i's for my Other Life. The one in the Mundane (and I say that quite affectionately).

The Mundane has its sweetness. The gentle grace of the predictable, the validation gained from fulfilled responsibilities, the sweet relief of crises averted.

But here I am back again, and with only one piece of advice for today.

Pema Chödrön. She is a Buddhist, an excellent teacher and remarkable writer. She writes on Buddhism in a way that is both challenging and reassuring. The challenge is on the spiritual level though, not in the wading through of the history of Buddhist philosophy.

I am reading The Wisdom of No Escape and plan to move into her other titles as I can. If you are interested in Buddhist philosophy but find most Buddhist literature a bit esoteric, Pema is going to be a breath of fresh air.

Her words are my quote of the day:

We work on ourselves in order to help others,
but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

I'd love to hear what you think about her.

Love,
Sophie

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