
Only change,
There is no death.
In an endless stream,
Flows our breath.
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Reassess our measurement of time:
“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays.
Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper
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Being in the moment is the Zen solution.
Our vow: Be where we are, require nothing…accept everything. Easier said than done, but keep at trying, that is all we can do.