It’s difficult to describe all of the feelings going on within the community right now. We’re still in the afterglow of the wonderful and successful sanctuary summit, a weekend where everyone brought their good intentions, expressed through music, art, the laughter of children, and shared learning.

At the same time, the community's heart is torn apart by the loss of two from our Next Generation. Taken from us in their late 40s and early 50s, what we now recognize as the prime of life. One, a son, a pillar of a business working with his father, that had grown to include his two sons, the grandsons. The other, a doctor, who gave so much to so many. A mother, a daughter, a sister. Too soon, too soon. We are shocked to be hit so hard. Such is the way of life. 

It is at these times we better understand why the Buddha says, “all life is suffering.” From the suffering, we find greater compassion.