franco

Not much to say; just a traveler, with an old soul, passing through. I've shapeshifted a number of times; been many things, lived many lives within this one life. There are many magical places in which I have lived and traveled; there are many magical people I know (or have known) and love. Yet, something in my soul keeps me untethered. I am constantly aware that--at present--no place has lassoed me to become what feels like my home. My only clue about such a place...it's green, it's cool, it's misty, and there's a table as long as a Scottish shore around which many people sit to share meals and dreams. Until then...
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day ‘one who knows the better way to live alone.’ from the Bhaddekaratta Sutta translation, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh