my weekly zen

If you wish to be out front,
Then act as if you were behind.
Lao Tzu, 6th Century B.C.

My weekly Zen

If you add a cup of wine to a barrel of sewage, you get a barrel of sewage.
If you add a cup of sewage to a barrel of wine, you get a barrel of sewage.
This is the Non-reciprocal principle.

my weekly zen

Q: What did one Zen practitioner give to another for his/her birthday?
A: Nothing.
Q: What did the birthday boy/girl respond in return?
A: You are thoughtless for giving me this meaningless gift.
To which the giver replied, “Thank you.”

my weekly zen

Welcome what you cannot avoid

My Weekly Zen

“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.“
~Lance Armstrong

My Weekly Zen

The obstacle is the path.

My Weekly Zen

“…if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing.
In that respect what we call “soul” can be viewed as the surplus energy that can be invested into change and transformation.
As such, it is the cutting edge of evolution.”
~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

My Weekly Zen

Live every day like your hair was on fire.

My Weekly Zen

“The way to do,  is to be.”