I recently purchased a part for my car from Amazon. When checking out, I was offered a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime. Since it meant my part would ship for free, I decided to accept their offer. Included in the offer was 30 days free of Prime video. After binge watching the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I found an old friend in the listings. The entire 3 years, including the pilot, of the Kung Fu tv series was available to watch for free. Released in the early 1970's, the show was about Kwai Chang Caine. As a young boy raised in China of a Chineese mother and a American father, both were murdered leaving Kwai Chang alone. He goes to the Shaolin Temple hoping to be taken in as a student. Some young boys are chosen most are sent home, but young Caine stays in front of the temple for many days through pouring rain, in hopes of being accepted. Finally he is accepted into the order and is allowed to start his training of service and self discipline. The Shaolin Temple teachs Zen Budhism, which is based on the reverence  and interrelatedness  of all living things. Kwai Chang completes his training and now as an adult has become a Shaolin priest. When the Emperor's nephew kills Master Po, one of Caines beloved teachers, he kills the Emperor's nephew. With a price on his head, Caine must leave China and is smuggled out to America where he wanders the old west on foot searching for relatives of his father. The shows features several flashbacks to his training at the temple as he deals with situations in gold rush days in western America. There is always displays of martial arts in every episode, as Caine defends himself and others from the attacks of unscrupulous people. The philosophy taught in the show makes the show a must for any seeker of truth. If you have Prime, I would highly recommend this old friend of mine.

I will leave you with these humble words:

Weed hopper    is it not better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness?

Until next time ........................ the Beggar's Apprentice