A word about the elders in our lives: I am alive, grateful, and care for others because of the elders in my life. All of my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, Zoe Barker and Liz Horton, teachers like Gerry Nelson, Howard Braverman, and Elliot Aaronson, teachers of the unspoken like Swami Muktananda, Chidvilasananda, Satchidananda, Neem Karoli Baba, Baba Hari Das and many others have guided my way. We have the teachings of Christ because of the elders. It is the life and writings of the elders that took hold of my hand and led me out of darkness and, even today, keeps me on the path.
It is my prayer that all good people teach their children to respect those elders who walk in wisdom, as this respect plants seeds which bear amazing fruit in the garden of the soul.