storm - boston harbor

"...consider Nelson Mandela, imprisoned for twenty-seven years - mush of that time doing hard labor in a quarry - often receiving mail just once every six months. It's said that he despaired of losing contact with people he loved, so he decided to bring love to his guards while continuing to stand firm in his opposition to apartheid. It was hard for the guards to mistreat him when he was being loving, so the authorities had to keep replacing them. but Mandela would just love the new ones, too. In fact, at his inauguration as president of South Africa, one of his former guards was seated in the front row."

from Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson, PH. D.