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Basing everything on prayer, family reveals to me that my life itself is the treasure tower.

Visiting my mother near the end of her life, I reveal the mother I want to be for my children.

Supported by my parents and embraced by friends in faith, I take a stand for my life and help others do the same.

Fighting for his freedom behind bars, my father prompts me to seek out indestructible happiness.

Opening my heart to appreciation, I become a person who can uplift her family.

Confronting a deep-rooted fear, I pave the way to shine as a bright light for my family. I’m Oona Friedland from Detroit.

by John Tedtaotao and Chris Alvarez Sinajana, Guam Travel inland from the Philippine Sea, past wetlands and betel nut and monkeypod trees, past two gas stations, a tire shop and a modest bridge—blink and you’ll miss the landmark: a power pole painted blue. The Tedtaotao farm doesn’t show up on Google maps, save for the

Starting from ashes, we rebuild our lives, stronger than ever.

Finding a mentor, I step boldly into a role I wasn’t taught to play—that of a father.

In a world turned upside down, good friends guide me on the path of my mission.

Finding faith, I open the way to health and joy.

Through mutually inspiring relations, I awaken my greater self. I’m Lynn Frazier from Los Angeles.

Realizing that I am vital to the happiness of my family, I enter the frame.

Staking my life on faith, I win over illness and perceive its deeper message.

Buddhist encounters lead to New York and the realization that I hold the key to the Buddha land.

Trading perfection for resilience, I become a person of strength.

Raising my son, I reveal my potential so he can reveal his own.

Basing my life on the mentor-disciple relationship, I transform generations of family karma.

In honoring my sister’s life, I begin, for the first time, to honor my own.

Pioneering Buddhism in Alabama, we have striven to lay a foundation of faith for our family and the future. We are Kathy and Steve Jaekle from Huntsville, Alabama.