Red red white
Feb. 6th, 2005 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonYesterday was HLM's and my sixth anniversary. I had a great day, and we ended by celebrating Boston-style... which is to say we dressed nicely, wandered around Harvard Square buying CDs and books, then had cheap burritos at the Wrap and expensive dessert at Finale. I think we both agree it's been a good 110 years--which is what the 'red red white' means, for those who don't know our nerdy rituals. Six in binary and spelled out in roses. :)
My Zen-saying-a-day calendar and I have had a falling-out though. What do you think of when you imagine someone selling water by the bank of a river? Do you think of a nice vendor-man peacefully selling Evian down on the Esplanade by the Charles? That's what I thought of, and it sounded like a pleasant enough way to make a living. So it took me a while to get this one:
For forty years I've been selling water by the bank of a river. Ho, ho! My labors have been totally without merit. -- Sogaku Harada
And suddenly I was enlightened and realized this is not the calendar for me. I hereby plan to give up, acknowledge my flow-over-zen tendencies, rip through the entire year and make a post of all the quotes I do like.
My Zen-saying-a-day calendar and I have had a falling-out though. What do you think of when you imagine someone selling water by the bank of a river? Do you think of a nice vendor-man peacefully selling Evian down on the Esplanade by the Charles? That's what I thought of, and it sounded like a pleasant enough way to make a living. So it took me a while to get this one:
For forty years I've been selling water by the bank of a river. Ho, ho! My labors have been totally without merit. -- Sogaku Harada
And suddenly I was enlightened and realized this is not the calendar for me. I hereby plan to give up, acknowledge my flow-over-zen tendencies, rip through the entire year and make a post of all the quotes I do like.
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Date: 2005-02-07 03:47 am (UTC)I don't think that quote is too bad... it's a bit obvious for a Zen quote, but it's got some merit. Many people ignore the obvious and plug away at something futile -- a situation to avoid.
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Date: 2005-02-07 04:10 am (UTC)Congrats!
Date: 2005-02-07 07:00 am (UTC)I do entirely too much thinking, so being reminded to do less would be good for me...I don't have the patience for zen though. There's some irony there I suppose. :P
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Date: 2005-02-07 07:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-07 11:24 am (UTC)