I took my son, Ian to a farewell party for some friends returning to their country. Ian, age 9, wisely observed that some of the participants drank too much (I was not among those). On our 1 1/2 hour journey home, I spoke to him about the importance of moderation.
After thinking for sometime, Ian said, "Dad, I have a story that I just made up."
"There were these two Buddhist monks who had about 13 beers each. One had to walk home quite some distance.
'Will you be all right to walk home?', the one asked
'Of course, I will take the Middle Path,' he replied."
By Thomas Roberts.
We saw a sign like this one & lots more, all the way up the long road by jeep to Darjeeling, India.
