Krishnagirl

This morning hadn't started off so great for me. I had woken up with a splitting headache. I had to go lay down and I missed Bhagavatam class due to not feeling well at all. Later in the morning after breakfast I took two asprins which helped. By lunch time I was better and went out for my afternoon hour walk just as my guru instructed me to do.

But there was only one problem with this afternoon's walk. It was snowing really hard, and it was windy. But it wasn't that cold outside. So I chanted my japa and tried to think of Krishna's smiling face to help me to forget the snow and wind. As I was doing that I kept thinking that I was growing very fond of Krishna's blackish complexion.Krishna here at this temple is black, and so is He in Mayapur as well which makes Him very beautiful. My guru has said in his blog at one point that even he likes Krishna when He is black. I especially love how Krishna looks when His face is painted especially around His Lotus Eyes. It makes Him look so beautiful, mystical, and opulant.

As I made my way down Bloor Street, I passed by local department store. There was a gentleman there who was a door greeter. He said hello to me and asked me how I was doing. Then he surprises me by saying "So you are a Krishnagirl?"
"Yes, how did you guess?" I asked
"You have tilak on," he said. I totally forgot I had my tilak on! That made me realize that tilak really does remind one of Krishna, so he got benefit by saying Krishna's name. That also brought a smile to my face and also made me forget about the snow and wind when the gentleman said Krishna's name.
This gentleman said he knew of our local temple. Too bad I didn't have one of our books to give to him at the time. But I invited him to come for prasadam later at 6:30pm. Hopefully he will.