Memoirs of an American Buddhist in Los Angeles

<p><strong style=color: rgba(8 20 43 1)>Do you ever feel like you're stuck wallowing in a swamp</strong><span style=color: rgba(8 20 43 1)>... or that you just don't deserve to be happy... or that maybe you simply don't have what it takes to pursue your dreams? What if following an old family recipe could guarantee great outcomes for all that ails you? Would you be willing to put your little toe in the water? </span><strong style=color: rgba(8 20 43 1)>Even if your unhappiness seems too much of a comfort zone to try this book <em>is</em> just what the doctor ordered! </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Although Favorite had glimpses of synchronistic episodes since her early childhood these remarkable manifestations became abundant and </span><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>transformative</strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> when she began the </span><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Buddhist </strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>practice of </span><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>chanting</strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Nam-myoho-renge-kyo</strong><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> and her life soared. Favorite's </span><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>life has been an overflowing reservoir of mindboggling </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>synchronicities</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> which she has been journaling for decades. Reflecting on the love sweat and tears it took to bring this work to fruition she wittingly considers herself a </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>perspiring</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> writer. Her stories are </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>thought-provoking</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>sensitive</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>humorous</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>hope-filled </strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>tales of </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>triumph over tragedy</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. Her wish is to have her captivating stories bewilder her audience and spur them on to uncover the gateway to their own magical portals.</span></p>