Vancouver, British Columbia
Sunset Speaks
There are lovers sitting on park benches and families, too—people
of all sorts and kinds speaking in multiple languages, Spanish, Russian, French
and maybe English. They are enjoying
Stanley Park at the water's edge of English Bay. Several of them are casually picking wild
blackberries as they walk by, not initially intending to, but upon looking, some say, "Oh! Let me try these out." Usually it's not just one but two, or three. You pluck one and let it dive in your
mouth. They are soft and melt down
quickly before sliding down the tube.
I arrived at the park just in time to catch a few bars of
the maha mantra sung by the popular "Mayapuris" music
group. They really stirred up the
crowd. Good boys. All three, Bali, Keesh and Vish, are young
husbands and fathers. Bali will announce
shortly his first child is on the way.
"Family life is good," I tell them. "It means bending for your partner and
kids. You have to work hard at holding
it together." The message was
appreciated.
I also met Bala from Mumbai.
He's in town on business. He's
also a father and husband. He speaks
proudly of his daughter, who's old enough now to understand the difference
between the good and bad company one may keep.
Bala and I walked along the wall at Stanley Park, noting
nature and the people. We caught a
glimpse of the sunset which is always trying to say something to us about time
ticking away. Both the rising and
setting of the sun is saying: "Enjoy me, but I'm the red flag saying,
'You're gonna die.'"
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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