For a dear friend

excerpts from JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST
Even at such a young age I looked for answers to human pain suffering and diabolism. How could two coexist, I asked? I was introduced to reading by grandma. I would visit libraries and read books. When I read Jatak Kathas about Buddha's previous births, I found light. In each of his previous births he sacrificed to help others live and flourish. His happiness was to be giving, to be compassionate. I grew up with two worlds around me. A world in which people gave, shared, loved and another when people hated, fought, and killed. But then all of us still live in such a world.