<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Roz for passing this on to us ~ what a beloved soul/guide/friend he has been.<div class="">Heβs always touched me so deeply with his beautiful humble ways ~ </div><div class="">for most of us ~ having come into our lives at another very crucial time ~ ( Vietnam ).</div><div class=""> ~m. ππ</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Do not say that Iβll depart tomorrow ~ </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">even today I still arrive.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Look deeply: every second I am arriving</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to be a bud on a Spring branch</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to be a tiny bird in my new nest</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to be a jewel hiding onto a stone.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">I still arrive </div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">in order to laugh and cry</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">to fear and to hope.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">The rhythm of my heart</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">is the birth and death</div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">of all that is alive.</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="">Thich Nhat Hanh</div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 6, 2020, at 8:21 AM, Roz via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">From Thich Nhat Hanh's Sangha:<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">Dear Sangha, there is word beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has stopped<br class="">eating. There are a number of his monks traveling to him now in Vietnam to<br class="">be in his presence. Thay has been incredibly strong and vibrant following<br class="">his stroke in 2014 and he will mark 94 years on October 11. A report from<br class="">Plum Village on Sept 18th stated his health has been declining despite the<br class="">best of care.<br class="">Please join me and others in meditation for Thay. Plum Village has<br class="">requested we sit or walk for Thay and offer forgiveness to others as a way<br class="">to continue Thay's energy of peace. If we can sit and generate compassion<br class="">for others and forgiveness we increase the being and the legacy of Thay.<br class="">Thay taught us the next Buddha may be the sangha. Perhaps our mindful<br class="">thoughts and actions now for him will bring that closer and help him to<br class="">touch more lives than ever as he ends this incarnation.<br class="">May Thay be peaceful now in his root temple and feel the love and<br class="">gratitude from all over the world. π<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class="">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>