“The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or hours, especially with each other, by concentrated minutes. But ultimately there is no way to do one-minute mothering. There is no way to pay attention in a hurry.” WayBelieveTimeHoursLossPayAttentionQualityMinutesMythIntenseErasPay AttentionMotheringOne MinuteQuality Time Book:Making Sense Source: Making Sense
“The Zen way of calligraphy is to write in the most straightforward, simple way as if you were a beginner, not trying to make something skillful or beautiful, but simply writing with full attention as if you were discovering what you were writing for the first time; then your full nature will be in your writing.” IfsWayWritingTryingFirstsBeautifulTimeNatureSimpleAttentionFirst TimeDiscoveringStraightforwardSkillfulBeginnersSimple WaysCalligraphy Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind