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procrastination
July 2007 
Emptiness
Posted on Aug 19th, 2006
by 
Mike
Mike
I get something good every time I open up Zen Mind, Beginners Mind. (The pronoun "I" was used extensively in the last sentence about Zen.)
On Page 111:
"As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now. You may say, 'I can do it tomorrow, or next year.' believing that something that exists today will exist tomorrow. Even though you are not trying so hard, you expect that some promising thing will come, as long as you follow a certain way. But there is no certain way that exists permanently. There is no way set up for us. Moment after moment we have to find our own way. Some idea of perfection, or some perfect way which is set up by someone else, is not the true way for us." Shunryu Suzuki
On Page 111:
"As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now. You may say, 'I can do it tomorrow, or next year.' believing that something that exists today will exist tomorrow. Even though you are not trying so hard, you expect that some promising thing will come, as long as you follow a certain way. But there is no certain way that exists permanently. There is no way set up for us. Moment after moment we have to find our own way. Some idea of perfection, or some perfect way which is set up by someone else, is not the true way for us." Shunryu Suzuki
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This is so true.. I do try to focus on the now. it makes life so much easier. I use to follow others, it just kept getting me away from me ha. So now I seek what is best for me..
Thank you for this reminder.