Did you catch Bobby Brown calling out to the Dalai Lama as he and his retinue (you can always tell a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist, the former uses the word "retinue" with abandon) entered a building recently.
"Mr. Lama, Mr. Lama, Mr. Lama", he called. Not surprisingly, the Dalai Lama made his way over to the excited Mr. Brown and shook his hand. All the while Bobby was babbling on about how he was a musician and the ex-husband of Whitney Houston. Maybe he just have mentioned "Being Bobby Brown" to clarify things for Mr. Lama.
Mr. Lama is going through some very difficult times these days. He's already had his fair share of multiple hindrance attacks and now the patience of those remaining in Tibet has worn too, too thin. I imagine that his patience is running out too.
Still, the Dalai Lama manages to see things differently that most of us. He has that ever present smile and giggle even as he has witnessed the atrocities played out on on his country and his people. He's learned something (through all that chanting and sitting I guess) that lets the waves knock him down and crush his face into the sand without drowning. He gets up and keeps going. I bet he is so much less inclined to yell at the waves for coming than I am, for instance.
Remember this ad campaign that Apple ran many years ago? I still have this photo and found others at my old mac. My it inspire us all to look for ways to think differently and if nothing else, let our guard down just a tad. Thanks, to all of you who do. You too Mr. Bobby.
P.S. Please feel free to send me an early 50th birthday present of the poster of Bob Dylan.
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