- Jun. 25th, 2007 at 12:57 AM
- I had a fun filled weekend. Yesterday I went to Pride with two of the most fun, lovely, and intelligent girls around: Leslie and Jodi! The day was jam packed with awesomeness. Today I went to TWO buddhist meetings. I can't believe that!?! I had the young womens meeting this morning and then a meeting for all of the national leaders in the afternoon. We were teleconferencing with Danny Nagashima and Matilda Buck (one of my personal heroes! -Every time I hear her speak or read something she wrote it is so inspiring.) It was honestly a weekend filled with humanistic values. Going to Pride was not just a fun thing to do, but it was also very moving for me. I am not a gay or bisexual woman. -At least not yet. As far as I have experienced and am aware...I'm straight. But it was so wonderful to go and be a part of the festivities. It felt like a group of people gathering and celebrating the wonderful diversity that is *us*. And honoring and celebrating gay people as a community. I really love that. To me, not being gay and going was like banding together in the spirit of friendship, sisterhood, and the true spirit of world peace. Being a participant in an event like that is like taking a stand in a small but meaningful way. It's a way of saying through your actions that "Hey, I'm cool with people being gay, bi, whatever they want to be. And I want to live in a world where that kind of freedom of love and expression of who you are is celebrated." I am glad I was there. And I'm glad to have gone with the people I did.
- The teleconference today was actually very serious. It was the first time we did that. The purpose of it was to align all of the national leaders with President Ikeda; so that we can work together more efectively towards world peace. I was remided that challenging my obstacles is necisary to bring about this world peace movement. And that we all have to be a part of it. The spirit of our leader is to have us each as individuals, rise up as strong leaders for world peace. It is not only my responsability to have my own human revolution and develop my inner peace, compassion for others, wisdom, love, and happiness. It is also my job as a leader to help the young women within the division to also develop and grow. -I need to lift them up, so that they can blossom and develop into the next generation of leaders for world peace. I need to help them see themselves in that light; to know that they are infinitely powerful and that they *really* can make a difference in this world. President Ikeda was very serious about that. It is incumbent upon me to not only challenge my obstacles but to be victorious over them. -Something that I kinda forgot. hehe. It's a somewhat scary thought for me sometimes to think that I can't just keep saying that I'm doing my best (when I know I'm not always) and that I really do have to reach a point where I *do* make major breakthroughs in the challenges that I am facing. -To not be defeated by them but rather to win over them in the end. To truly manifest my buddha-nature. To have a deep and resonant happiness within my spirit that is not affected by my external circumstances. Big stuff. Deep thoughts. Hopefully good future! Wish me luck.
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