Feeling troubled about a family member who was incarcerated again, she found herself meditating on Jarvis Jay Masters. He has been in prison for over 40 years, on Death Row. While incarcerated, Jarvis has become an amazing practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, an author and a teacher.
For the first time she could see the beauty of his last name: Jarvis Jay MASTERS!!!!
Her stomach began smiling. Space opened up for the first time in days.
She was able to see how, in the same way that the saying “all roads lead to Rome” points to a profound truth, all paths lead home. Some paths are longer than others, some steeper, some even rockier than most. But each path is unique and whatever the conditions of that path at the moment – at that moment – that very moment, all paths lead home.
And no one is alone….
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ~ Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers)