🌺 A Meeting We Will Never Forget – This morning, our journey was graced by a meeting that will stay with us forever.

 

A woman in her 40s, seated in a wheelchair, was weeping as we approached. Beside her, her husband tenderly wiped away her tears, occasionally kissing her shoulder and hand to offer comfort. When we gently asked why she was crying, she shared a truth that weighed heavily on her heart: her doctors told her she may only have three years left to live.

 

For months, she had been living in the shadow of that news, counting her days in fear and despair, watching time slip away while feeling helpless to change what was coming.
But then she discovered the Walk for Peace online. Something in our message sparked a light in her—a small flame of hope she hadn’t felt in so long. She came to meet us during our lunch rest to listen, to hear what we shared about peace and living mindfully.

 

Through her tears, she told us she was crying because she wished she had heard these truths sooner. But alongside the grief was profound gratitude, because now she finally understood how to truly live the days she has left with serenity and peace, without regret.

 

Her husband held her hand as she spoke, his eyes full of love and quiet strength. And in that moment, we saw something shift in her—not resignation, but clarity. Not defeat, but determination to truly live whatever time remains.

 

This encounter left us with a question:
If you were told you had only a year left, or even just one day—what would you do? How would you live?

 

A life is not measured by its length, but by how many days we live with full presence, with mindfulness, with a whole heart.
We only have this one life. Let us not let it slip away in forgetfulness. Let us live so fully in this present moment that when we face the end—whenever it comes—we do so with a smile of peace, not a sigh of regret.

 

(This post was written based on the sharing of Venerable Su Dinh Gioi, one of the Venerable Monks, from Day 71 of our journey)

 

May you and all beings be well, happy, and at peace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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