My peaceful day: Dana Littlepage Smith’s Thought for the Week

‘I know I can do this.’

by Dana Littlepage Smith 20th March 2026

Perhaps we don’t know what the beloved kingdom looks like until we’re thrown into it. So it was, walking down the iced streets of Richmond, Virginia, after the blizzards of late January. Sirens cut through the night: it was for the monks. A group of twenty-four Theravada Buddhists, along with their dog, Aloka, were walking 2,300 miles from Fort Worth to Washington DC to awaken the seeds of peace.