Posted by Story Submission on Nov 7th, 2011 | 0 comments
Christa Bella
Sacramento, CA. Website
See this face. I saw this face while working my train on 4.15.11. I was serving passengers when I turned and saw him. My jaw nearly hit the floor. It felt like I was IN John Lennon’s presence. I was amazed no one else seemed to notice. When it was his turn to order and he spoke, I nearly died! It was…
Posted by Story Submission on Oct 17th, 2011 | 1 comment
Marinelle van Dongen
Although I’m 100% Dutch, raised by the most perfect parents you can find, I never felt at home. On my travels, I was always looking for job opportunities abroad hoping that that was the solution. But it was not. Ten years ago, I met Buddhism and realized that this was what I’ve been looking for all my life. I started studying and…
Posted by Story Submission on Oct 13th, 2011 | 4 comments
Herko van Bergen
When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I remember that I that I started to question -like so many children do at that age- where I came from. Upon asking my father he answered, just as a way of saying, which I believe was done more often in the 50’s in Holland, “from the red cabbage.” I found that quite ridiculous of course;…