Wednesday, February 04, 2009

first koan


Is it better to slowly and carefully work your way out of a rut? Or to tear everything apart and just shove, hoping that you can get it all back together after you get out? The former is often slow, even unsuccessful, and takes great patience, but with the latter it is almost guaranteed that you will find something has been lost in the process.


Discuss in essay form.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've been discussing this for about a year now, my friend. Patience is a virtue, and it's kaka.

daveawayfromhome said...

Patience certainly has its uses, but sometimes you've just got to toss everything aside and try again with a lighter load. The trick is, knowing when that time is.
This is my dilemna.

daveawayfromhome said...

Actually, it's not mine mine, but I'm still involved, and the question still applies to me, anyway.

Anonymous said...

I say it's better to take the freeway...no wait, that's no good. It's worse than this road.

opit said...

Would that be the road to Ruin ? I figure you're Obama-ruminating.

daveawayfromhome said...

I wish. Sadly, personal upheaval is the motivation for such thoughts. Obama I can ignore in relative safety, I think.

opit said...

Lydia might like this then.
A young seminarian was praying aloud,
Giving Big Sky Daddy his Wish List.
An old monk went to his knees beside him,
Praying the acolyte would be plagues with tribulation and suffering.
Horrified, the young man asked
"What are you doing?"
"Why, adding my prayers to yours, of course,
Where do you think Patience comes from ?"

I've been a 'two-time loser' : one asked me to go and the other I volunteered. Neither time was I much interested in the detrius of our relationship.
While poverty should not be underrated as a cause of misery, the things that are important to one
Really are not hard to carry.