Dear Gentle Readers, Writers & Colleagues,
As you work in this sometimes-troubling, nearing-the-end time of the semester, consider the words of a 9th Century Zen master, Lin-Chi:
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When hungry, eat your rice;
when tired, close your eyes.
Fools may laugh at me,
but wise men [and wise women] will know what I mean.
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Write well.
Revise well.
Think as deeply as you are able.
Think radical and exciting thoughts about who you are and who you are becoming.
You are not and never were your grade in a class.
You are not your fame or fortune.
You are not the job or internship or award you may long for and may or may not receive.
You are so much more.
Do not be confused.
Pay attention to Rainer Maria Rilke who, in "The Man Watching," reminds us:
What we choose to fight is so tiny!
What fights with us is so great!
If only we would let ourselves be dominated
as things do by some immense storm,
we would become strong too, and not need names.
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