Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘You’re never going to get out of interacting with other people. (And if you do, it’s most certainly a cause for concern.) So, you might as well learn how to do it.

We are inescapably connected or, as Dogen teaches, “one seamless reality.” We are also the ones who create the gaps between each other. Every moment is an invitation to close these gaps. Can we look up, notice all the beauty, love, pain, and possibility around us, and have the courage and compassion to join in? For me, truly realizing that we are all in this together, the only sensible, fully human, response is to live generously and to love deeply.’ (from Slow Down. Help Out. Wake Up.)