
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Happy Just as I Am
One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
by Katy Saini34 years old Centreville, VA. When I was 9 months old, I contracted bacterial meningitis and lost my hearing permanently. This experience eventually led me to become a teacher for deaf and hard of hearing children and those with other disabilities. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, I decided that my co-teacher
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
by Niel Chuang 34 years oldFullerton, Calif. The year I moved from Taiwan to the U.S. for school was the darkest of my life. It was 2006 and, for the first time, I faced so much uncertainty and self-doubt. I began missing school assignments and failing courses. Quarter after quarter, things piled up until my
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
by Oscar Villaseñor 22 years oldTucson, Ariz. In March, I celebrated my third year as an SGI member, and I feel so fortunate and amazed by what my Buddhist practice has done for me. Before encountering Buddhism, I had spiraled into a depression and isolated myself from everyone, including my own family. My mom’s friend
Category: One Youth. Infinite Hope.
by Lauren Patterson22 years oldTorrance, Calif. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder when I was 9, which left me feeling so small and miserable. It got to the point where I didn’t want to leave my house, because I felt that people saw me as a joke, just a waste of skin. In high