A little perspective

Going to class really is a great thing

Its there surrounded by my dharma friends that I get the most humbling experiences

Its also where I can talk with the nun that teaches our class and she’s been invaluable to me these last few months

I wasn’t at class last week as I was in the throes of my 3rd migraine that week and Drimay asked how I was doing and I told her that a lot of what was going on with me was ‘an object of my practice’ and she actually sat down with me to talk with me. 

Its a rare thing that she gives someone one on one attention, and I basked in it for the brief moment that I was in that glow

She and I talked briefly and then she went off to get ready for class.  I continued to talk with my other friends and got some great insights

I said, man, I am on my 7th interview for my 7th different group at Stanford and I can’t close the deal

One of my classmates, D, was just recently laid off and he said, wow 7 interviews, I haven’t had one yet!

Ok, so yeah, I felt like a real dope at that point

Here I am, with a job, albeit one that I literally have to fake liking it (fake the funk as my work daughter likes to say) and going on interviews like crazy and here’s someone that doesn’t have work and is scrambling to get out there to find one

Puts my head, yet again, into a totally different way of thinking

Perhaps yes, I am being really selfish and forgetting how truly thankful I should be in this situation

I sense a lot of prayer work in my future that’s for sure!