YEAR OF ZEN: SPRING: DAY 61

Q: What are some of the challenges for you in embodying the wisdom that we are all ultimately one in compassionate action?

A: This is a definite reality: incorporating what I know I should do while my own human nature often selfishly tries to do the exact opposite. Recently, I heard a good piece of wisdom about this: instead of beating myself up and wasting energy on everything I get wrong, reconcile myself to the fact that we all fail but that I am on the path because I am aware enough to keep trying to improve.