Most days we will encounter some things that are “unwanted” even if only bad weather

Even now,

decades after,

I wash my face with cold water –

Not for discipline, nor memory, nor the icy, awakening slap,

but to practice

choosing

to make the unwanted wanted.

Jane Hirshfield, A Cedary Fragrance. In her twenties, she lived in a Zen monastery, with no electricity or hot water.