Gratefulness of Brother David

Jul 30, 2004

It seems that most of my meetings with sages are accidental. And it also seems that off late, those meetings have increased exponentially. :)

At a reception yesterday, Brother David just happen to walk in. People have their areas of specialty; for Brother David it was gratefulness. A Benedictine monk, he has been living a life of a hermit for 50 years in Ithica, with one pair of clothes and a small bag with all his belongings. Every so often, he'll go in silence for 7 or 14 years (yes, it's true!) and then break his silence for few years. I asked him why and he simply said, "To serve."

When I mentioned that Guri and I just got married last month, he had the most incredible joy in his eyes. Viscerally, both of us felt his blessing. We spoke for a bit and he ended with, "Share all your love with others." Later, we found out what an incredibly revered saint he was but we already figured.