Your Mom is off exploring the spiritual mysteries of the universe. The Dalai Lama is touring the country and today he is Wisconsin. As I understand it, Dalai is chosen by Budda to be the spiritual leader of the world. Officially, the Dalai is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. Buddaism is founded in the belief that “every human being has the same wish: to be happy and avoid suffering”.
The areas of study go include mind control, health, suffering and finding answers from “within”.
Would you believe that I wasn’t even invited to study with the Dalai! I’ve been excluded from the self-development crowd. Go figure.
My sources tell me that when the current Dalai Lama dies, a new Dalai is chosen by divine direction to continue Budda teachings. The choosing of the new Dalai is mystical in nature and nobody knows ahead of time that they will be selected to perpetuate the faith. Hey, maybe I could become the new Dalai. They better hurry up because my years of leading a new faith are limited.
A couple friends Tom & Lynn that I walk with regularly came up with my title for this blog “Hello Dahai (i.e Hello Dolly)”. Clever. If I were chosen as the Dalai, I would become Dalai Charles. It was noted that if Dolly Parton were to become Dalai, she would be “Dolly Dalai”. Dolly won’t be chosen because she is a girl. What?
Just a note. Grandson Dominic has taken up competitive skeet shooting through North High School. Skeet is where you propel clay pucks into the air and shoot at them with a shot gun. A perfect score would be 100 hits out of 100 “birds”. Dominic hit 85 out 100 in the State competition for Sheboygan County. For a first year novice, that sounds incredible. I think he is 15th place. He must have inherited a family gene.
Daughter-in-law Jenny should be getting anxious. She runs a half marathon on Saturday. “GJG” (i.e.,Go Jenny Go). Her journey is another incredible story.
Love,
Dad