Saturday, January 1, 2011

Loving Our Conflicting Stories



New Year’s first snow -- ah --
just barely enough to tilt
the daffodil

Basho (1644-94)

May we learn from our conflicting stories, and love the contradictions just as they are.

Blessings to you all in this New Year.

2 comments:

  1. beautiful. this is a brilliant summary. I feel like printing it out and putting it on the wall.

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  2. Yes! There is nothing wrong with contradictions - we should embrace them. Happy New Year to you!

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