happy 80th birthday to beloved Pema Chödrön!!!celebrated by Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike, her humor, her life experience, and her grounded-practical wisdom has benefitted many including me.
bows of gratitude for her life, her practice, and her teaching. may she continue to benefit the world!
some of my favorite books of hers:
When Things Fall Apart
Comfortable With Uncertainty
Practicing Peace in Times of War
Start Where You Are
The Places That Scare You
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The Metta Garden 
What a great smile! 🙂
A wonderful friend of mine who encouraged my path starting 1992, and talked to me several times while I was a temporarily ordained monk at Gampo Abbey in 2014-15
Dan Dlugose (Yeshe)