Ryokan
2009 August 17
Keep your heart clear and transparent
And you will never be bound.
A single disturbed thought, though,
Creates ten thousand distractions.
Let myriad things captivate you
And you’ll go further and further astray.
How painful to see people
All wrapped up in themselves.
beautiful, wonderful
but how, how, how??????????????????????????????
Smiles…perhaps by distancing self from the thoughts?
yes, i know,
sometimes mind gets away . . . . . in those darkest moments
i felt inspired (once again!) by Ryokan’s poem,
so have this now sitting on my desktop
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