According to legend, the elephant knows when the end is near. Rather than trying to stick with the herd and potentially slowing them down, the elephant heads for the elephant graveyard. Here he can not only die in peace, but his descendants can easily locate him and visit his remains in the future.Abuda is an old elephant, the human kind, who has retreated to his sacred place. Each episode, he reflects on life as he prepares for his death."They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and...
"Today, I received notice that a friend of mine from high school died, died of a stroke. It was somebody who I had known early in life, but until something happened, we didn't really have a connection. In 1979 my senior year in high school, six of my friends in 1979 my senior year in high school,...
Published 08/22/24
Abouda has spent a lifetime split between a core desire for the peace that a monk's life represents and the fullness of a family life.
After spending the morning doing chores, physiotherapy and contemplating the moment, he suddenly realizes,
"I am a monk!
I live in the elephant's graveyard,...
Published 04/03/24