Tag: spoken word blues

• The Patient Heart Blues

  

  “The Patient Heart Blues” – A Song About Standing Strong While Walking Away Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is knowing when to stay and when to go. This song came from studying an ancient Buddhist text about patience—but not the kind of patience where you just take whatever comes. Real patience, the kind…

  William Altig

  October 11, 2025

  Chapter 10, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

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