In that course on religions of the East that I took, Mac taught us about ‘beginner’s mind’. Back then, I didn’t really understand why it’s important and how hard it is to obtain it. Now I know that to be in love with life every minute, every hour, every day necessitates such a mentality. And to maintain it, no amount of gratitude and open-mindedness seems to be ever enough…

Keep thinking about writing Mac these days to tell him how much I have learned since those days almost 3 years back. The door is not yet open. Mac said I don’t have to worry because it will be when I’m ready for it. And so I believe. It will be, someday…

My memory keeps wandering back to this place, CSU campus…