"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Daily Life: The Grace of Future Days
I woke this morning with a prayer on the edge of my consciousness as I came up out of sleep into the cool predawn hour.
"Dear God, thank you for the grace of future days."
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