Friends,You have been so patient. Our profuse apologies for the delay. Blogging, as many of you know, is difficult stuff! No excuses. We're back.
And we ate breakfast at the greatest place! Silence-Heart-Nest in Fremont is on 36th and Phinney in the same building complex as Taco Del Mar. And, oh Lord, do you need to go there! The best way to describe this place is East Indian meets Traditional American meets Seattle Vegitarian. And someone must have informed its owners about the soothing efffects of the color blue, because the whole place is painted in it! And, oh, did we feel soothed.
The food was great- all vegetarian, but full of flavor and very hearty. The coffee was Cafe Vita, so life-changing, to say the least. The service was very prompt and friendly, but not over zealous... "How was that last bite you took?" But I think the best part about Silence-Heart-Nest is that you've never eaten at a place quite like it. Here's a quote from their website: "Silence-Heart-Nest is a name given to us by spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy. Because of his inspiration, we strive to offer our customers delicious food that satisfies both inwardly and outwardly, combined with a peaceful atmosphere." Mission: accomplished.
As to the topic of conversation, I think the atmosphere had Lindsey and me in an existential mood. The question posed was something like this: How much good can we hope for in life without setting ourselves up for disappointment? Is it better to be ignorantly optimistic, or realistically cynical? Probably the first one, huh. Otherwise you would have no friends.
Well, I guess it's just a question for the ages. Luckily, phrases printed on the sugar packets at Silence-Heart-Nest had some encouragement to offer us:
"To live in joy is to live the inner life. This is the life that leads to self-realisation." Yeah... that. I want that.
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I think that it is only human of us to let disappointment get us down. But we should always look at the big picture. There is so much more going on outside of that disappointment, that let-down, that unrealized dream. There is so much good. And obviously it's easy to say such things when life is going well. But I guess what I'm trying to get at is if we let the flame of hope flicker out, we ourselves will flicker out and become half-selves.... We won't be whole.
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