Meet My Guru. She is Two and Half Feet Tall

I have never traveled to India. I have never intentionally saught the wisdom of a great sage. I was told that when the student is truly ready, the teacher will arrive. I waited patiently.....and she did.   Mine arrived in the form of a tiny little Buddha not even three feet tall. That little Buddha is my daughter.

The word guru can be translated as "the one who removes darkness".

She has taught me:

• To impart wisdom, one does does need the use of words.

• To lose all attachment to things.

• How to discard expectation, and that just about anything may happen in a day.

• That each lesson is presented at exactly the right time, even if I don't consider it so.

• Compassion for all beings, no matter how small.

• That wisdom has little to do with your time on this earth.

• The meaning of true love through selfless devotion.

• That wonder can be found anywhere and in anything.

• The joy of giving all for the safety, happiness and health of another being.

• The beauty of offering my complete Self to each task I endeavor.

• That the past should be immediately forgotten.

• That the present is the most blissful place to be.

• That each day is filled with the potential of sparkling miracles, if only I choose to truly look.