“There may be a long list of things to do, but really, there is just one thing on the list at any time. If you think of it like that, the whole world looks different and you can stay quite calm. Maybe everything will get done eventually and maybe not. You can always have hope.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksMayLongDifferentDoneWholeOne ThingCalmListsWhole WorldThings To DoJust OneHaving Hope Author:Zoketsu Norman Fischer
“Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a scrap of paper that I tucked into a crevice in the wall. When I closed my eyes and touched my head to the warm stone, it came to me: "All language is prayer." This must be so. Who is it we are speaking to when we speak to anyone? To that person, and also past him or her to Out There. If there is language, it means there is the possibility of being heard, being met, being loved. And reaching out to be heard, met, or loved is a holy act. Language is holy.” IfsYearsMeanPersonsEyePastSpeakLanguagePrayerHeardPossibilityWallHolyMetsPaperYears AgoStonesWarmReachingTouchedReach OutTouristsBeing MeJerusalemScrapBeing LovedWailingCrevice Author:Zoketsu Norman Fischer