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Beginner's Heart
mother love, schadenfreude, & beginner’s heart ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
It’s no secret that I love my students. And even now, when not one of them sits in circle in a classroom w/ me, they remain ‘my students.’ A kind of extended family — almost like nieces & nephews, if not quite as dear. But still very dear. 🙂 So when they hurt, I hurt.…
death, not taxes ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I am working on my death. Well, actually, it’s more like I’m working on my life up to my death. But I’m trying to hold that singularly discomforting goal in mind — the one event no one avoids. My friends are dropping around me. Like petals from a perfect white Iceberg rose, they drift into…
Metta, lovingkindness, & Buddhist ‘prayer’
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is the ‘prayer’ I’m offering each day over my dozen names, during Lent. It’s the first Buddhist prayer I learned, and remains my favourite. Whenever I’m very stressed, this is what I repeat. It isn’t a prayer in the sense that it’s directed at an outside force; it’s more ‘s a mantra, which is…
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