Good Karma Music Stories

Sam, a visitor from US have party in Veganhut where 5 five people attend.

For many years my husband and I enjoyed Friday night suppers out with my widowed father-in-law and his companion. Dad’s companion was a widow that he met at church, who remained a faithful friend while his health and memory deteriorated until his eventual passing two years ago. In gratitude for her many kindnesses and in honor of my father-in-law’s memory, my husband and I continue to treat her to Friday night suppers to this day.

My cousin was diagnosed with stage IV cancer in 2007. Since then I have been in their home helping to raise her two young children. It has been long, and living without income is not always easy. Every so often someone will tell me that I should move on, get a job, make money so that I can be happy… But I am happy. I’ve learned much about impermanence and compassion and I can only hope to pass it on to the children as they continue to grow.

Today, after going on a field trip and visiting the monastery and listening to what Rev. Heng Sure had to say about your parents, the day continued, and i was faced with a decision that made me choose between wasting my parent’s effort and going with a friend, or passing the opportunity and going home with my mom. I felt very torn, but she said it was fine to go and my friend said he would love to have me, so i went with him. we had a nice time but when i went home a felt very badly about my decision, so i told her why and thanked her for everything she has done and does for me every day. after this, she told me she understood and it was no problem. i felt better after this and told myself i would always think more about this kind of situation before my decision.

Whenever I bake a cake,I will bring a portionto the ladies in our library. This morning, Ihanded part of a strawberry cake to one of the ladies. Her face lit up brightly.She told me that I treated her better than her own family.I enjoy seeing their happy faces. Thank you’s are nice but really not neccessary.Seeing their smiles is enough to light up my day!

I was sick on Valentine’s day (had been sick for almost three weeks) and had an appointment to be seen at Kaiser’s urgent care department. The receptionist in urgent care was quite busy with many people coming in with various complaints. She was very pleasant and helpful. I saw the doctor and after his examination and listening to my breathing, he sent me down the hall to get a chest x-ray. He didn’t think I had pneumonia, but wanted to be sure. As I got my chest x-ray, I thought about it being Valentine’s day and how these people were working to make sure people like me were being cared for. I thought about doing a little something special and took a side trip on my way back to the doctor’s office and stopped at the gift shop just around the corner and down the hall. I looked around for something for Valentine’s day. I didn’t have a lot of cash on me and the obvious gift chocolates and flowers were too expensive. I settled on two See’s chocolate bars and stuffed them in my coat pocket. When I got back to the reception area, I let the receptionist know that I was back from x-ray and then offered her one of the two chocolate bars. I told her I thought it must be difficult working on Valentine’s day, but that I appreciated it. She was quite surprised and a big smile lit up across her face. She said she’d been sick in bed for the past 5 days and had gotten out of bed today to come to work – her first day back. She was so touched that someone would think to bring her a chocolate bar. Just to see her grin and light up was a joy. I then waited to see the doctor to read the x-ray. He came in, we looked at the x-ray, which was clear and as he was about to leave and I stopped him and offered him the other chocolate bar. He was also surprised. He said he didn’t have a Valentine’s sweetheart, but he had a big smile on his face, holding the chocolate bar. I wished him a happy Valentine’s day as I walked out the door.

This weekend I stayed at the place of a Dharma-friend and helped her with the building of a Tibetan Buddhist Temple in The Hague (Den Haag): Rabten Jigme Ling.May All Beings be Happy!