You remember this piece of calligraphy, me posing with the artist ? I asked a co-worker what he was doing to get his home safely. He'd found a shop that mounts them on a silk scroll and kindly offered to take mine in. Helmut then gave me the receipt and a business card to find the place downtown.
So card in hand, all in Chinese, I got in a cab. The driver took the card, we each said a quick ok and off we went, I was taking it on faith he would get me there. A few minutes into the ride I realized I forgot my camera, I hate that! Then realized I forgot my map...oh now that I really hated; a rainy day, not sure where I am going, no map. Everything is so far away from everything else, a block feels like forever. So my mind started to go to a negative place...lost in the rain, no one to speak English blah blah blah. I could feel myself start to stiffen up. Suddenly I thought "'OK, in your spiritual practice you believe you are never alone, you always get what you need when you need it, why not try that. So I took a deep breath and relaxed. Not a moment later the driver turns to ask "can you speak English?" He asked if I was going back to the press center after the shop, if so could he wait for me and drive me back? He even came into the shop when there was a bit of translation help needed.
So it turned out beautifully, for me and the calligraphy!
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