Phoebe Allen

In college I had to take Global Lit 2, and I remember I signed up for it and I was like, “alright, whatever, let’s just get this over with.” And it turned out to be the best class ever. So…it was taught by a teacher who was Buddhist. The readings were very philosophical, but a lot of it was also poetry. Everything we were reading was based on a lot of Buddhist principles–the idea of staying present, and staying true to yourself, and not being attached to too many things, and just trusting yourself…staying on course in the present, and not thinking about the future or the past. There was just a lot of amazing stuff in that class. the idea of staying present, and staying true to yourself, and not being attached to too many things, and just trusting