Mother Goddess of the World

Nepal changed my life.  I was there for one brief, magical, month two and a half years ago, and since then not a day has gone by when I haven't felt some reverberations from the time I spent there. Recently I've thought of little else since the first cataclysmic earthquake happened.  The many tears I've shed and the few dollars I've donated seem futile in the face of the massive suffering and pain caused by Mother Earth's righteous anger. 

So I write these few words to acknowledge the greatness of Nepal and its people.  And the land herself, where Chomolungma (Mount Everest) reigns supreme. The mighty Chomolungma still stands, solid and strong, after two devastating earthquakes and multiple aftershocks. Chomolungma, in the native language of the Sherpas, means Mother Goddess of the World.  She is most aptly named.
When I wrote the previous story about Mother's Day, Chomolungma and her people were very much on my mind.  She symbolises the greatness of Nepal, and the divinity of all Creation. She cannot be conquered. She cannot be destroyed. Her people may have been deeply, devastatingly shaken, but their spirit, like Chomolungma herself, will never be broken. 
Long live Nepal.
- G. P.