Friday Happiness

02009-03-06 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Fudenji – Tempio Zen
Do not care for happiness
nor escape unhappiness

– G. Leopardi

I misread the quote and thought it read like this:

Do not care for happiness
nor escape happiness

Hm, I do like that better. The meaning gains a spark, a lift by removing the negation. It becomes instantly brighter. Don’t run after it, but don’t run away from it either. I think I’ll claim that:

Do not care for happiness
nor escape happiness

zenho

1 Comment

  1. yumi

    an improvement, zenho-san.

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