The Best Season of Your Life

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.
If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.

Never Forget

Remember
You are braver than you believe
Stronger than you seem
Smarter than you think
And twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined.

The Meaning of Life (ongoing)

"If you learn to use a perfect afternoon
in a perfectly useless manner,
you have learned the meaning of life."

 ―Lin Yutang

Too Lazy to be Ambitious

Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably,
with both legs stretched out.

 ~ Ryokan Taigu

Sedona View

The skinny trails always fill me up

The Wave

THE WAVE

by Virgil translated by Robert Pinsky

As when far off in the middle of the ocean
A breast-shaped curve of wave begins to whiten
And rise above the surface, then rolling on
Gathers and gathers until it reaches land
Huge as a mountain and crashes among the rocks
With a prodigious roar, and what was deep
Comes churning up from the bottom in mighty swirls
Of sunken sand and living things and water —
So in the springtime every race of people
And all the creatures on earth or in the water,
Wild animals and flocks and all the birds
In all their painted colors, all rush to charge
Into the fire that burns them: love moves them all.

Pictured: Hokusai, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," woodblock print, 1829-1833

Swimming with Sea Turtle in Malaysia

10 meters down swimming with my yoga breath instructor (Saya yoga nafas pengajar).
Sea turtles can hold their breath for several hours, depending upon the level of activity.
 A resting or sleeping turtle can remain underwater for 4-7 hours.
In Perhentian Island, Malaysia.