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Shawn | Stranger # 1
1/100 Strangers
Meet Shawn
I had the pleasure of meeting this fun loving gentle soul at Wat Florida Dhammaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple on my last visit to Kissimmee Florida a few months ago. Shawn once owned a very successful business in the Orlando area but decided some years back to cash it all in and follow a simple spiritual path in part based on a passage from a chapter in the Bible, Phillipians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
I don’t think I have encountered anyone quite like him before and there was a radiance about him that was undeniable and so present, for lack of better words. He told me one of his meditation experiences where he ‘visited’ the creation of the Universe and after his vivid description, I have no doubt he actually did go back! You may be able to catch a glimmer of that in his smile… which speaks volumes to me.
This picture is #01 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Shawn | Stranger # 1
1/100 Strangers
Meet Shawn
I had the pleasure of meeting this fun loving gentle soul at Wat Florida Dhammaram, a Thai Buddhist Temple on my last visit to Kissimmee Florida a few months ago. Shawn once owned a very successful business in the Orlando area but decided some years back to cash it all in and follow a simple spiritual path in part based on a passage from a chapter in the Bible, Phillipians 4:8
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
I don’t think I have encountered anyone quite like him before and there was a radiance about him that was undeniable and so present, for lack of better words. He told me one of his meditation experiences where he ‘visited’ the creation of the Universe and after his vivid description, I have no doubt he actually did go back! You may be able to catch a glimmer of that in his smile… which speaks volumes to me.
This picture is #01 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page