August 26, 2003
first day of my new job
Today I answered the phone, “Vajrapani, this is Tom,” for the first time. My official first day. It was great — learned a bunch, but also realize how much I need to learn... about everything. The office, Vajrapani in general, Dharma and many other aspects. On the other hand, it feels like all of my jobs have been training for this position. In fact, all of my life has been training for this experience.
When Christina and I were younger (maybe 14), we read an article in Rolling Stone magazine about the founder of Limpies, a clothing company. He was this surfer guy who lived in or around San Diego. It was an endless summer type deal for him and it seemed like a pretty appealing lifestyle choice to make. We decided that someday we would live in a little shack by the ocean. We would surf and figure out the answer. I was really into looking for the answer to life and these surfer guys seemed to have it. Well, life didn’t really work out like that for us. I can’t swim too good — let alone surf and I’m pretty sure that they may be close, but not dead on with that answer. The up side is that we now live in a little shack, fairly close to the ocean, with a plethora of Dharma related activities to keep us occupied.
[written on 8/28/03, as the post date reflects. posted on 9/15/03]
posted @ 5:45 PM
That just gives me goosebumps all over. As I have read books and articles and seen movies and heard songs that made an impression on me and come back to me to connect in a moment years later in sentimental journey.
Tom - I get misty.
posted by SzaffireBlue on September 19, 2003 01:48 AMOh, thank you! I’m glad you liked it. It’s been very interesting — the mix of old and new. Today we saw Step Into Liquid, which was brilliant. Two days ago I met Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Absolutely amazing.
posted by tom on September 21, 2003 05:23 PM
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