12.31
Before we welcome in a new decade (my 5th!), I’d like to take a brief moment for reflection and remembrance with a Zen koan by Ryokan:
Another year lingers to an end;
Heaven sends a bitter frost.
Fallen leaves cover the mountain
And there are no travelers to cast shadows on the path.
Endless night: dried leaves burn slowly on the hearth.
Occasionally, the sound of freezing rain.
Dizzy, I try to recall the past-
Nothing here but dreams.
- Ryokan (1758?-1831)
This is the second time I’ve posted this koan. The first was at the end of 2006 as a part of my last post of my first year of blogging. That post also contained several haikus on what I thought was going to happen in the world of sports in 2007. For those curious, I got 3 of 11 right. I guess on the physic scale I am more Miss Cleo than Edgar Cayce.
In case you are curious, among my amazingly incorrect predictions were that the NFL Network would go under (nope, still going strong), Shaquille O’Neal would retire (4 years and 2 teams later he is still active), and hockey would be back on ESPN (still on Versus, still not seen outside of Canada).
Oh well, Happy New Year!
(Pic acquired from the blog A Swedish Alien in California.)
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