Remembered when my career test said (in high school) that I had the most affinity for being a nun/teacher. And I laughed out loud with the craziness of that notion.
And here I am, happy as can be, with my life focused on my buddhist practice.
And remembering that the only times before this that I have been happy in a spiritual practice is when it filled my life.
I think of hildegarde von bingen, writing that beautiful music while she swooned with love of god.
And most recently, from the lotus sutra, each time the boddhisattvas and buddhas understand something new from the buddha, they say "now we have something we never had before". And their hearts dance with joy.
I dance with joy each time I remember or truly see a glimpse of truth.
Yakushin -- "To move forwards with our bodies and minds dancing with joy--this is the spirit of dynamic development or progress."
sarah
