November, 2008

Different maps and different statistics

November 4, 2008 | 0

I don’t want to get the impression that I am indifferent to the momentous events happening tonight in this great American democracy — I do care. That is the reason before going to wait in line for two hours and vote, I started my morning by reading this prayer by Abdu’l-Baha: O Thou kind Lord! [...]

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Joyous feast

November 3, 2008 | 1

The Feast tonight was joyous for so many reasons but most of all because of two phone calls: First came the news, delivered to me by a cell phone call as I was biking across Key Bridge from Georgetown to Arlington, that Mariama had declared! She is Nancy’s Malian neighbor who attended a fireside less [...]

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Finding peace in every moment

November 2, 2008 | 1

As I am contemplating how exactly to write about what’s in my heart, I am looking at the joyous smile on the face of my almost 5 year old daughter, beaming at me from a photo calendar on the wall. I ask myself, what will her life be? Will it be peaceful? And I mean [...]

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