Yesterday and today (5)

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Walking home from work last evening,
I walked into the wind.

Walking to work this morning,
I walked into the wind.

I feel on the verge of uplift --
but the wind is always in front,
and I don't know how to sail.
Or remember, yet, how to fly.

A man traveling through the darkness
is yet traveling. The disciple is learning
when he does not know that he is learning,
and as a result he may well chafe. In winter,
Rumi reminds him, a tree is collecting nutriment.
People may think that it is idle, because they
do not see anything happening. But in spring
they see the buds. Now, they think, it is working.
There is a time for collecting, and a time for
releasing. This brings the subject back to
the teaching: "Enlightenment must come little
by little—otherwise it would overwhelm."
Idries Shah

I realize that I am very lucky.
It is a measure of my own 'success'
that I have room to look for more.

Sitting out in the sun to read, it helps.
And the scent of hyacinths, in the market.
On the verge of something I feel, I can't see.

I try to savor today, yet can't help but ask:
is it tomorrow yet?

Discipline is remembering what you want.
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