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Fences

Posted on January 7, 2020 by 5amt3n — 2 Comments

Autumn. I feel such peace as I look out of the big picture window in my apartment at the blanket of colour that greets me. I can actually hear the branches of the trees, laden with brilliant yellow and red…

Tagged with: callousness, Compassion, fortunate, Gratefulness, homeless, homelessness, humanity, Kindness, society
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I See You

Posted on April 24, 2019 by 5amt3n — 13 Comments

My Mum is ninety-seven years of beautiful. I love every precious wrinkle on her dear face. Yes, it is a face that shows the ravages of time, but it is more than that. Way more. It is a face documenting…

Tagged with: Gratefulness, legacy, Love, Mom, Mother, Mothers Day, Mum
Posted in Mom

Happy Birthday

Posted on February 7, 2019 by 5amt3n — 8 Comments

The following is something I wrote on February 2, 2014: Happy Birthday to my mother today. She is ninety-two years old. Wow! Bruce and I went to see her last evening with a homemade lemon cake (her favourite) and birthday…

Tagged with: birthday, Gratefulness, life, Love, Mom, Mum, parenting
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Lucky

Posted on May 30, 2018 by 5amt3n — 2 Comments

I am so lucky. I hurt my back two weeks ago. This morning at 7 a.m. I was startled by some pretty heavy knocking on my apartment door. My husband threw on his robe and opened the door to be…

Tagged with: Being with what is, contentment, glass half full, Gratefulness, life, Lucky, Meditation, perception, positivity
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What About My Retreat?

Posted on June 29, 2017 by 5amt3n — 2 Comments

The following is an article that I wrote, published in Buddhadharma: The practitioner’s quarterly magazine, Winter 2013 edition. I thought it worth sharing: Maureen Connor (Samten Wangmo) was ordained as a lay teacher in the Tibetan Karma Kagyu tradition in…

Tagged with: Buddhadharma magazine, Buddhism, Buddhist magazine, Caring, Community, Compassion, Gratefulness, Meditation, Retreats, Sangha, Spirituality, Tibet
Posted in Buddhism

Eating the Sun

Posted on August 20, 2016 by 5amt3n — 4 Comments

I thought that I’d like to share the following with you all. My husband and I say these words every day before our evening meal. A few years ago I attended a retreat led by Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh.…

Tagged with: Buddhism, Grace, Gratefulness, Interbeing, Prayer, Spirituality, Thich Nhat Hanh
Posted in Interbeing

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