{"id":1617,"date":"2022-08-23T19:33:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1617"},"modified":"2022-08-23T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:33:41","slug":"maitripala-looking-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/project\/maitripala-looking-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Maitripala: Looking Into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; 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text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Buddhist Centre<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thebuddhistcentre\/06-maitripala-looking-into-the-future\" title=\"06 Maitripala - Looking Into the Future\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">06 Maitripala &#8211; Looking Into the Future<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f4a732&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Divider (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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I was living with my parents and siblings in suburban Reservoir, Melbourne Australia. I was second eldest (first daughter) of five children. We had moved up to the city from an idyllic country life in Gippsland to have closer access to secondary schools. My early life was spent proving I was stronger and tougher than my three brothers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>In 1978, I was 22 and had been married for three years. I had graduated from teaching college and was working as a primary school teacher. It was the beginning of a school teaching career that continued over three decades.\n<\/li>\n<li>In 1988, I was living in a beautiful house surrounded by a beautiful forest in a village called Emerald in the Dandenong Ranges (just over an hour from the city of Melbourne)<br \/>I was raising a family of three lovely daughters and my husband was running a successful building business. My life was idyllic and I had not had any major suffering in my life. 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