“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh (1926 – ) Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk

How has the gift of your presence been like rays of Sunshine for others, lately?

Today’s SFZ 

LESSONS FROM OUR MISTAKES –

“We grow through
pain in recovery and
often find that such a cri-
sis is a gift, an opportun-
ity to experience growth
by living clean.” (The
Basic Text, p. 103)

Dangerous – Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon (4:13) 

Thich Nhat Hanh Brief Bio (3:39)

Deepak Chopra Mindfulness Guided Meditation (4:46)

Amidst the Flowers a Jug of Wine

by Li Po

Amidst the flowers a jug of wine,
I pour alone lacking companionship.

So raising the cup I invite the Moon,
Then turn to my shadow which makes three of us.

Because the Moon does not know how to drink,
My shadow merely follows the movement of my body.

The moon has brought the shadow to keep me company a while,
The practice of mirth should keep pace with spring.

I start a song and the moon begins to reel,
I rise and dance and the shadow moves grotesquely.

While I’m still conscious let’s rejoice with one another,
After I’m drunk let each one go his way.

Let us bind ourselves forever for passionless journeyings.

Let us swear to meet again far in the Milky Way.