buddhist<\/a> bullshit.<\/p>\nWhat can we do?<\/p>\n
This past week at work, a probation officer for some of the young people I work with brought his replacement over to meet people. Just the visual scene was striking to me \u2013 a tired, greying man of about 60 with red, tight facial skin and a young woman in her mid twenties, fresh, smart, and enthusiastic.<\/p>\n
During our conversation, the young woman indicated that she was confident that she could make a difference. \u201cLook,\u201d said the old guy, \u201cif you\u2019re really good, maybe you can help one or two kids a year. That\u2019s it. The sooner you accept that, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n
What criteria can we use to determine what is help and what isn\u2019t?<\/p>\n
Understanding that help and no-help are equal, we can relax deeply into the first vow: The many beings are numberless, I vow to free them all.<\/span><\/p>\nKnowing in our hearts that the work is endless, we can roll up our sleeves and go to work without leaking energy when our ideas about equal and unequal, help and no-help are seen for what they are \u2013 just our ideas.<\/p>\n
The universe is reaching out it\u2019s hand too. What will you do?
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