Thanks to friends with extra tickets, Tom and I each got to see the Dalai Lama today. (Hooray Lisa! Hooray Glenn!) Chalk another one up for this tiny town. We’ve got culture, people!
Highlights included his wearing of the school visor to avoid the bright lights. Continuing to talk through the removal of his shoes, “Ah! More comfortable!” And at the very end, telling everyone if what he said doesn’t appeal them, then just forget it. (Which, said with an accent, sounded like something much less Dalai Lama-like.)
It is somewhat breathtaking to think that the man sitting on that couch has been sitting in the midst of history since he was two years old. And now, at 75, he sits comfortably on a couch, 100 feet away, and says his peace.
What a treat.