Tuesday, January 1, 2013

When did you last listen to ...

A New Year's thought, posted Jan. 1, 2013.  This is quoted from Leo Buscaglia's "Living, Loving, & Learning", pp. 52-3, from an essay entitled:  On  Becoming You--

...Every day is new.  Every flower is new.  Every face is new.  Everything in the world is new, every morning of your life.  Stop seeing it as a drag!  In Japan, the running of water is a ceremony.  We used to sit in a little hut when the tea ceremony took place, and our host would pick up a scoop of water and pour it into the teapot, and everybody would listen.  The sound of the falling water would be almost overpoweringly exciting.  I think of how many people run showers and water in the sinks every single day and never hear it.  When was the last time you listened to water?  It's beautiful!