Year in Review

I thought it might be an interesting exercise for me to summarize key things that I learned or was reminded of over the past year.

1. I'm grateful to my Zen practice for sustaining my life physically, spiritually or mentally.
   
2. Communication is not only based on what is said, but what is received.
   
3. As Maezumi Zenji stated, "I'm not okay, you're not okay and that is okay."
   
4. We never find ourselves. We decide the type of people that we are going to be.
   
5. "One thought is not thinking. Thought connecting to thoughts is thinking." Jakusho Kwong-roshi.
   
6. Self-esteem comes from oneself, though it's often influenced by others.
   
7. Spending time with friends and family are important.
   
8. When your in the hospital, material possessions don't come visit you, people do.
   
9. By having conversations, listening, watching and reading, I'm enabled to grow.
   
10. Everything is connected to every other thing, in a chain that is never broken.
    
11. Cemeteries are filled with people who never followed their dreams. This lifetime is real and if there is something we would like to do, we should go ahead and do it. I would rather fail than not try.
    
12. Give yourself to the Dharma and he Dharma will give itself to you.
    

Thanks for letting me share those thoughts with you. I hope they have been helpful. In this new year, if you have "Thoughts for Today" or other things that you would like to share, please let me know. We will be adding new features - so stay tuned. If you have feedback, send it, I would appreciate it. You can send it to jaye @ jayezero.com.

Be safe and happy, in this New Year! Take care.

Jaye Morris, Curator
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