Gratitude to the young people who carry the songs forward so lovingly / The holy ground took care of everything / Love waits forever

It is a joy to me to listen to covers of songs from my youth, especially this one that R gave to me during his year of experiencing war in Vietnam.  What love has given to us, no one can take away.  

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About 20 years later I heard "The Loving Time."  

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This morning I looked for a cover of "The Loving Time" song by the young people.  I found one.

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It is good to revisit these songs this morning and feel grateful to have loved and been loved.  Not everyone has had that experience.   

And yet, in the lyrics of Bob Dylan you will hear, "Love waits forever, for one and for all."

Meditation on unarmed truth and unconditional love on the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr

From the Plum Village website:

Thich Nhat Hanh on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr:

The moment I met Martin Luther King, Jr., I knew I was in the presence of a holy person. Not just his good work, but his very being was a source of great inspiration for me... On the altar in my hermitage in France are images of Buddha and Jesus, and every time I light incense, I touch both of them as my spiritual ancestors... In Vietnam, we refer to Dr. King as a "Bodhisattva," an enlightened being devoted to serving humanity...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thich Nhat Hanh:

I know Thich Nhat Hanh, and am privileged to call him my friend... [He is] an apostle of peace and non-violence... He has traveled the world, counseling statesmen, religious leaders, scholars and writers, and enlisting their support. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity.
[Nominating Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Price in 1967]

Update on Thich Nhat Hanh's health.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)