When I see a “Ten Most Wanted” list I often have this thought: ‘Perhaps if we’d helped them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn’t be wanted now’.

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We live in a web, everyone connects to everyone else . . . not only materially, but through space and time as well. Therefore, everyone matters.

To “know” this fosters an attitude of far-reaching responsibility.

Mindful attention to this then impels us to act in wise and caring ways. These actions bring about well-being and happiness. Which in turn fill us with love, kindness and the confidence to do more.

Opportunities arise and engagements continue . . . and so the great wheel of existence -– of which each of us is an axis -- turns.

Moment-by-moment-by-moment.

Neither grief or a broken heart, or fear, precludes us from participating in this.

Well, as Kusha Grass, among other things, is famously known as composing the cushion on which Siddhartha worked through the "issues" that ultimately allowed his enlightened mind to fully emerge, perhaps what we're doing here, while perhaps not as high-reaching as Sidhartha's intention (at least initially), is similar . . . working through Dharma, questions, answers and perspectives, sharing interpretations, experiences, etc.

Sometimes writing helps things crystallize . . . and sharing almost always provides impetus.  

what are we doing here?

where are we going?

who's invited?