Dharma

One of my best friends, Dan, brought back this smiling Buddha from his travels in Southeast Asia. According to Dharma, a practice that was introduced by Buddha, "The quality of life depends not upon external development or material progress, but upon the inner development of peace and happiness." Wow-- if more people could grasp this statement (and smile more and buy less), we'd probably all get a long a little better. Tonight, my thoughts go out to my neighbors who are affected by the floods in Ames as well as people around the world suffering from the results of catastrophic natural disasters.