Galen and the Dalai Lama

This morning I looked on the website where my friend Galen posts stories about his travels through India and Nepal with students. I check this site pretty frequently as Galen has stopped writing me like he used to now that he has to post his stories so often for the parents of his students to be able to read. And this morning, when I went to this site, I saw this picture of Galen with his students visiting the leader of the the Buddhist faith, the Dalai Lama. In the post, Galen says that the Dalai Lama rested his hand on Galen's head. Even though, I know this is a great honor, I was so happy all day at just thinking about how much this must have meant to Galen. He has been traveling and learning about Tibetan Buddhism for so many years now, often putting himself in life-threatening situations to get closer to understanding. He is always very humble and gracious and I am sure that he will take the inspiration from this experience and do wonderful things.
-amy