Tuesday, March 31, 2020

April 1, 2020


Special bows for today    
  • Please continue to offer bows for Jeff Ghazarian and his family, friends of Lilliana Mendez-Soto’s nephew who died on March 19th at the age of 34 from COVID-19
  • Please continue to offer bows of well-being for:
    • Lisa McCrossen, Dainuri Rott’s niece, recovering from COVID-19
    • Carmen Ibanez, Lidia Luna’s mother, recovering from surgery for sciatica
    • Rev. Les Kaye, Misha’s Zen teacher, undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer
    • Brendan, Kate Haimson’s son, recovering from surgery for a brain aneurism
    • Lilith Armitage, Shannon Bergman’s daughter recovering from knee surgery
    • Michael Tieri Ricaud, Dainuri Rott’s brother, who is suffering from MS 
Our new ZHS on-line schedule (go to our website for more information: zenheartsangha.org):
  • Mondays: 7-8:30pm - zazen, short service, lecture/discussion
  • Tuesdays-Fridays: 5:30-6:10pm - zazen, offering of merit/bows
  • Saturdays: 8:00-10:15am - zazen, short service, tea, discussion/study

 Wonderful links shared by sangha and friends:       

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From ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’ by Jacqueline Woodson:
When there are many worlds, you can choose the one you walk into each day. 

You can imagine yourself brilliant as your sister, slower moving, quiet and thoughtful as your older brother or filled up with the hiccupping joy and laughter of the baby in the family.  You can imagine yourself a mother now, turning to wave good-bye to your children…

When there are many worlds, love can wrap itself around you, say Don’t cry. Say, You are as good as anyone.  Say, Keep remembering me. 

And you know, even as the world explodes around you—that you are loved…

Each day a new world opens itself up to you.  And all the worlds you are…gather into one world called You where You decide what each world and each story and each ending will finally be.
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Many thanks to those of you who are sending links and making comments…it is a gift beyond measure. Please know that you can either leave a comment on the blog itself, or send something directly to me and I will be happy to paste it in.  Here is a quick video on how to comment; it's from 2017, but should work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4RflO5Wgg

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