Last night not long after eight I tumbled into a deep sleep.
A little after seven in the morning I dragged myself out of bed, made my bleary way downstairs to make a cup of coffee.
The cold that’s been raging through my body dominated my crossing the new year…
Of course, as the early tenth century Zen master, living through the worst of times, was able to declare, “Everyday is a good day.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emAe6IClGys?fs=1Okay, maybe Yunmen’s good day isn’t exactly Frank’s…
I recall my first great success as a writer was doing a column in a High School paper. I simply wrote a litany of the bad things that had happened in that year, and concluded with a “Merry Christmas!”
On the other hand…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tna_K28No_k?fs=1The worst of times.
The best of times.
’tis always been so…
The great cycle plays again…
Maybe this time we can get it right…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5p7uUtA9Fg?fs=1Wouldn’t that be cool?
Wishing all a blessed new year…
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