Cracks, peels and imperfections

Several years ago, by accident, my husband and I came across the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sarira Stupa near Niagara Falls.

Last week, while in the region, we came upon it again after a visit to the Falls with our children (once more as a result of happenstance, a wrong turn in search of the route back to Toronto).

The Stupa was as I remembered—welcoming and well-cared for, but not kept to perfection, with cracks and peeling paint in abundance.

I liked that about it.