Saturday : Step back

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This body’s lifetime is like a bubble’s:
may as well let things go.
Hopes and events seldom agree,
but the one who can step back doesn’t worry
We blossom and fade like flowers
we gather and part like clouds
earthly thoughts I forgot long ago
relaxing all day on a mountain peak
Shiwu, Chinese Zen Poet, 1272 – 1352,  Mountain Poems, No. 31

One thought on “Saturday : Step back

  1. It’s amazing how cleverly ideas and philosophies were put into words so long ago. We are trying to find solutions to problems in our every day lives and they had much of it figured out thousands of years ago. I

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