A girl takes a skateboard class from the NGO “CDD Skate Arte”, at a public skate park in the City of God favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)
Russian Orthodox priest, Father Nikolai Gensitsky, speaks with believers while having a festive meal during the Easter celebrations in a church in the village of Yekaterininskoye in Omsk Region, Russia on April 19, 2020. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)
A nurse bows to the life size statue of Pope Francis as her friend takes a photograph at the St.Louis hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Pope Francis arrives in Thailand on Wednesday for the first visit here by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since St. John Paul II in 1984. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
Ryon Healy #25 of the Oakland Athletics is covered in water by Adam Rosales #16 after he hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Oakland Alameda Coliseum on May 7, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
A reveller dressed as “La Llorona” participates in a parade known as “La Calabiuza” on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Tonacatepeque, El Salvador on November 1, 2022. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)
Yoga students take a class with Nigerian Dwarf goats held by the 'Hello Critter Goat Yoga' team at the Golden Road Pub in Los Angeles, California on May 7, 2018. The goat yoga fitness craze is sweeping the United States with classes now held in pubs, farms and halls across the country. (Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP Photo)
"Thought for today" - Kopan Monastery, April 2011
The life as a monk is not one long struggle against oneself, a life of repentence and wishful thinking a partial or stunted life. It is full of rich and brings an inner tranquility comfort that far surpasses any other kind of comfort. I have known before or since..
French model Tiffany Fournier poses for a digital presentation as part of the spring/summer 2021 collections for the Polish fashion house La Metamorphose, in Paris, France, September 26, 2020. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)