Just A Hallway Glimpse

Walking down the hallway in San Diego, who do I see? Yuka! I knew she was going to be at the same conference, but she was talking to Alan Briskin, so I went over for a hug. She cried, I laughed, Alan told me how they were talking about "Divine Masculine" as a theme for next year's Fuji Declaration. I told Alan that I just finished reading an article with this quote by Tim Kaine:
 

When Hillary asked me to be her running mate, what flashed through my mind was I’ve been in politics for 22 years; this is my ninth race. In all the previous eight races, I’ve been the guy with my name on the ballot, my name on the bumper sticker and the yard sign. And I’ve had all these strong women supporting me: campaign managers, Cabinet secretaries, agency heads; the voters that we get are more women than men.

And I remember thinking, “Wow, I’m going to have the chance now to not be the top of the ticket. I’m going to be a strong man supporting the first strong woman to be president of the United States.” And as important as it is to normalize that a woman can be president, it’s also important to normalize that strong men can support a woman as president.

That night, Masami, Yuka and I met for a spontaneous dinner.  It was one of those spaces with repeated goosebumps for all of us.  At one point, Masami cancels her January plans for Morocco, to visit our work in India.  As I left, I spontaneously felt moved to visit Japan in May.  All together, here's Masami sharing her tears of blessings: