First, an update on the controversial Bake Sale Response post from last week. So far, and all the counting isn’t done yet, the three-location, Bay Area bake sale that was held from 10am to 2pm yesterday has raised over $22K for Haiti. That’s twenty-two thousand dollars from four hours of selling cupcakes and cookies, people. I rest my case.
Yesterday, I spent the morning as a volunteer, cooking lunch for a day-long meditation retreat at the San Francisco Zen Center. It got me to thinking about service, silence, and letting go. About support, refuge, community, and the best way to be helpful.
All these thoughts (and more!) gathered in the steam like angels or ghosts as I stood at the stove, stirring a gigantic pot full of split pea soup.