The Golden Warm September Of My Years

FAINT RAINBOW OUTSIDE HANCE CANYON
HAUNTED CANYON COTTONWOODS
TAMARISK NEAR BOUCHER RAPID
CLEAR CREEK REFLECTION
PHANTOM CREEK WITH MONKEY FLOWERS

Frank Sinatra: The September of My Years

The secret of Zen masters
is discovering
the path of return
to such moments,
and knowing how
to pave the way
for such moments to arise.
The masters know how
to use the dazzling light
of those moments
to illuminate
the journey of return,
the journey that begins
from nowhere
and has no destination.

--Thích Nhất Hạnh
Fragrant Palm Leaves:
Journals, 1962-1966

To be is to do.
--Socrates

To do is to be.
--Sartre

Do. Be. Do. Be. Do.
--Sinatra