The major way to conquer fear is to make a decision.

Reshad Feild

"The secret ideal of life and its progress is to become self-sufficient; the key to the secret of democracy is self-sufficiency."

Hazrat Inayat Khan


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zen masters carry a stick.
policemen carry a stick.
hockey players carry a stick.
hikers carry a stick.
symphony conductors carry a stick.
surveyors carry a stick.
sushi eaters carry a stick -

where would we be
without sticks?


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old egret
feather of snow
dreams of yesterday -
doesn't notice minnows.


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