the telephone

was a great invention, methinks
i phoned my sister yesterday and i talked her ear off for more than two hours
i talked to her about my problems at school
i am as upset about my lack of respect for myself, as the lack of respect i feel others are showing me [just living on different planes...]
i've allowed people to take advantage of my kindness and i'm the one suffering
my sister sent me to school today with renewed enthusiasm...as well as 25 bodhisattvahs to carry with me to help along the way
merci, jolie soeur
:)

i went to the library today and took out about 10 books, lol
mostly tnh and pema...but a couple of cute ones i'd like for levity
i think maybe i will change the name of this blog to it...we'll see

i'm posting my 2nd day journal at the tnh retreat
at the beginning i was not convinced that i was in the right place
it's funny to see my changes
my sister said something interesting, too...the reason perhaps i learned french on my journey, so that i'd be able to hear tnh without an interpreter ;)
many of my musings are in french...it was so lovely to hear him speak in that language...