Useampi henkilö on viime päivinä kertonut menneen vuoden ollen poikkeuksellisen huono. Talous sekaisin, huonoja uutisia maailmasta ja ilmastosta, musta syksy, mieli maassa ja huominen hukassa.
Houkutus kasvaa toivoa tästä vuodesta parempaa. Tehdä parhaansa, että elämä ja maailma muuttuisi paremmaksi. Tottakai, sitähän jokainen haluaa...
"Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity."
Mutta voisiko tässä olla koukku? Muuttaa elämänsä paremmaksi... tiedämmekö loppujen lopuksi, mikä on meille hyväksi ja millainen elämämme tulisi olla?
"A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition
lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts
and keeps his mind open to what is."
Hullun houretta tai uuden alkua....?
"Do you want to improve the world?
I don't think it can be done.
The world is sacred.
It can't be improved.
If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.
If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.
There is a time for being ahead,
a time for being behind;
a time for being in motion,
a time for being at rest;
a time for being vigorous,
a time for being exhausted;
a time for being safe,
a time for being in danger.
The Master sees things as they are,
without trying to control them.
She lets them go their own way,
and resides at the center of the circle."
Hyvää uutta vuotta, olkoon se elämän makuinen!