We drove to the monastery only to find that the main gate was still closed / Napped in the car in the pre-dawn dark / Had breakfast at a diner lit with the first slanting rays of daylight, where our waitress told us to have as much hot tea as we liked / Listened to a glorious
remix of a
song we both love /
She guessed the combination to the gate by pure luck / We drove up high into the North County hills / And over a speed bump with BUMP OF MINDFULNESS painted on it / Where we met a young Buddhist nun with a laughing face and shaved head who called to us,
Good morning, sisters!
That sounds amazing
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ReplyDeleteI should've given you that remix. My apologies!!
I was actually there today! They're finally open again.
<3
beautiful! i miss going to a monastery.
ReplyDeleteBridey - It was pretty dang delicious, mishaps and all.
ReplyDeletesui - Don't even worry! It's free to download, and I found my way to it easily enough. I really mustmust make a second attempt at joining them for a Day of Mindfulness...how was it?
odessa - When have you been? What kind? *curious*
holly, i used to go all the time when i was in the philippines. my grand-uncle (grandpa's first cousin) is a priest and his congregation is also affiliated with this group of monks called the Pink Sisters. we'd go there to hear mass because their singing is so lovely.
ReplyDeleteodessa - Ahhh. I'm imagining. I want to hear more when next we meet.
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