Its spring of 2003, my grandmother had been babysitting me while my parents left to go to work for the day. Towards 5 o’clock, my mother walked into the door. I was greeted with an enormous hug filled with love and affection. Shortly after she arrived, my father stopped by the house. He welcomed everyone in the room with love and happiness, but what I thought was all hugs and kisses turns into a heated controversy. A loving moment turned into a huge argument and being the 5-year old that I was was not aware of the situation but I knew it had to be stopped. I began crying; hoping that the sound of my tears would calm them down and they would realize that there was no need for an argument. They were the people who made me, and I wanted us to
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My family’s environment never calmed down growing up. It wasn’t just my parents; it was uncles, grandparents, cousins, and almost anyone I was closely related to. Every summer I returned to Chicago to visit my dad, chaos continued to increase and our love never found its way back to normal to what it used to be. Growing up in a rough environment made me do a lot of research on different beliefs and answers to how I could change my family, how I could bring everyone back together in peace and harmony, and how I could let love back into the picture. As I was shopping one day I came across a very big man the store that day. Intrigued by the physical appearance and the information the store clerk gave me; from that day forward the Buddha gave me an opportunity to look deeper into his background. Reading about Buddha and his beliefs on life made me the person I am today. The Four Noble Truths made me realize why my life was so hard for me to function and to live with. Buddha talked about how hatred was caused by fundamental ignorance. The reason why we suffer is because the ignorance that we hold made us see ourselves as being unconnected with others. My family wasn’t connected with one another. I had to suffer with years of constant arguing between my parents and live with it; I had no power to fix it. I had all the free time in the word so with the
My family’s environment never calmed down growing up. It wasn’t just my parents; it was uncles, grandparents, cousins, and almost anyone I was closely related to. Every summer I returned to Chicago to visit my dad, chaos continued to increase and our love never found its way back to normal to what it used to be. Growing up in a rough environment made me do a lot of research on different beliefs and answers to how I could change my family, how I could bring everyone back together in peace and harmony, and how I could let love back into the picture. As I was shopping one day I came across a very big man the store that day. Intrigued by the physical appearance and the information the store clerk gave me; from that day forward the Buddha gave me an opportunity to look deeper into his background. Reading about Buddha and his beliefs on life made me the person I am today. The Four Noble Truths made me realize why my life was so hard for me to function and to live with. Buddha talked about how hatred was caused by fundamental ignorance. The reason why we suffer is because the ignorance that we hold made us see ourselves as being unconnected with others. My family wasn’t connected with one another. I had to suffer with years of constant arguing between my parents and live with it; I had no power to fix it. I had all the free time in the word so with the