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CH! CH! CH! The scream dream and its crazy beautiful sequel experienced by (me!) ~topps

just yesterday, and it happened like this:

as my sexy and i were walking from the parking lot into the grocery store,  ahead of us, in the distance, walking into the store was the man you see here in the picture.

write away, i was like, "give me your phone sexy, i need to take that man's picture..  THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN MY DREAM WERE WEARING!"

and, as we walked into the store, i hoped i could get close enough to take his picture; which i did..   

and then put the phone/camera away; gave it back to sexy.  i knew i would link the story and the photo here on my blog.   but, what happened next..

i went to grab this over here, while my husband went to grab something else over there.

as a result i ended up crossing direct paths with this man i had privately taken a picture of.

and so, i approached and with a smile, i said, "do you mind if i ask you a question?"

  -favorable response

"what you are wearing here..   is it reflective of a certain religion or faith system?"

and he replied that he was buddhist.

i smiled some more..   "yes.. buddhist..  thank you!   love and peace, yes?  love and peace.."

and he smiled in agreement, and we went our separate ways.

but don't you know i have practically ached ever since to get to my blog and share...

to date  -it is the wildest dream; and sequel i've ever experienced.

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and, i'll be looking up distinction between monk and buddhist..

and, i know personally, and have met across the years,  -how many buddhists?   but in everyday life, these buddhist are dressed in everyday wear..

this is the exception for sure, to see, the wardrobe;   and, i guess the same can be said about Christians..   how many you know; you meet..   and they are dressed in everyday clothes, 

but a %,  -of greater dedication/education/position, usually on premises..    they wear the matching uniforms/wardrobes   -religious attire.

this also CH's to a post i wrote: about never meeting a     -and that remained true for i don't know how many years; decades..   until a conversation with someone from vietnam, who shared that a large population, in her experience, and including herself, had converted from buddhism to Christianity

and that CH's to my personal understanding/writings about    -which apply to all of humanity; any faith system, ethnicity, education, gender, political affiliation, etc.

and that CH's to..    how easy it is to get overwhelmed and lost in CH's..  so you have to be able to turn it off and on, or..   you'll miss out on life itself.

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in Jesus all knowing, all loving, all understanding name, amen. 

 

posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 9:18 AM