@AlexaBliz_ As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
May all beings affected by the floods in Nepal be free from suffering.
May those who have lost their homes,
their loved ones,
their livelihoods,
and their sense of safety
find peace, strength, and protection.
May the injured be healed.
May the missing be found.
May the grieving be comforted.
May the displaced find shelter, food, and care.
May fear give way to courage.
May despair give way to hope.
May isolation give way to the kindness of others.
May the waters recede,
the land recover,
and life begin anew.
May all helpers and rescuers be safe and strong.
May compassion flow freely among all people.
Just as a mother protects her only child with her life,
so with a boundless heart may we cherish all living beings—
radiating kindness over the entire world,
spreading upwards to the skies
and downwards to the depths,
outwards and unbounded,
free from hatred and ill-will.
May all beings be well.
May all beings be happy.
May all beings be free from suffering.
May all beings live in peace.
@HomerPavlos Sinon is not in Homer’s Odyssey. He’s a character from Virgil’s Aeneid, where he tricks the Trojans into bringing the Wooden Horse inside the city. It's like having the Draken Harald Hårfagre Viking Longship playing the part of a 1200BCE Mycenaean galley.