A nice evening

Tonight I caught up with a long-time friend. He's one of the other "fortune babies" from Northern Colorado. He called us up earlier today saying that he was in town visiting a friend and was wondering if he could swing by, chat, and catch up on things. We had world peace prayer earlier in the morning, so we told him after we go out to dinner, he could come by any time.

It was nice catching up with him. He's grown up a lot. He's got beard and has frazzy (dare I even say 'kinky') hair all over. He's an awesome guy and us kids talked for a long time. Several hours about many things. It reminded me a bit of what President Ikeda chronicles in his Youthful Diary, with the discussions and the dialogues and discussions that the youth of post-War Japan were making/doing. It was nice to talk to James and to see how much he had found a mission and is really studying hard in what he loves. I am glad to know that he's on his path.

Seeing him with such a mission in his mind, clear and very much at the fore of his thoughts, reminded me that I am still not that clear on what I want to do. I really have to push myself to know what my mission is, what my mission for kosen-rufu is, to really know what my passions are. There was an experience by a 26-year-old Boulder SGI member that really encouraged me to find my passions. She gave an experience about learning what her passions really are and how that plays out into finding who she really is and what she really cares for. She wants to be a student at SUA. I want to support her as much as I can.