A cup of sugar
A cup of sugar The simple cup of sugar was the connection point between me an Pastor Pete. How does a Buddha loving girl connect with a Pastor? Well, religion was built on stories. The only way to have explained to a pastor (with out getting into a religions debate) what everyone has in common, was with the analogy of a cup of sugar! Where I grew up, people still knew their neighbours names and not because the postman dropped off the wrong mail by mistake. The fences were low enough so you could have a quick or if needed, a long chat. You knew and respected each other well enough to ask them to keep the barking dog quite instead of phoning the council's environmental health department and reporting noise pollution. You knew each other well enough to know when the person is going through a tough time without them having to tell you. But most of all, you knew them well enough to borrow a cup of sugar in an emergency instead of trying to find a 24-7 store!