Returned to the morning’s reading as I prepared to go outside and bid goodnight to the moon. I’m often amazed at the constancy of her path and light each night. Some nights it is humbling as I reflect upon an ever so not constant day. I bid you goodnight and a gentle blessing that the morning will startle you awake with its abundance, mystery, and simple awe.

Please be willing to make mistakes. The way is not just one straight road. That would be too boring. Lose your way. Sometimes our practice is to wobble to one side, then return to upright. Wobble to the other side, then return to upright…This is a practice for human beings. When you do lose your way and make mistakes, try not to create harm for yourselves or others. One problem in reading these old stories is thinking the ancient masters were super-beings. They were just people. Lose your way, but then return. Do not forget the rest of us. ~ Taigen Dan Leighton