When it rains, it should be raining

In the Saturday mailbox this 25th day of 2023 February

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. – Alan Watts

As long as we’re meeting the world’s rage with our own rage, more rage is guaranteed. . . It’s not that we are always going to have the capacity to engage in tremendous acts of generosity and kindness. It’s that we’re open and available to realizing that things [and people] are different than they seem. . . how to keep calm in a raging world: to examine ourselves deeply, to remember that everything is temporary, and to try and cultivate compassion for ourselves and others – Mindy Newman

Today is the 80th anniversary of George Harrison's birth. The former and youngest Beatle was born in in 1943 Liverpool, England. He died in 2001 from cancer. In addition to his music, his adult life was also dedicated to Asian mysticism, especially Hindu. About death, he remarked “Death is when the suit you are wearing falls off and take on a new one [for the journey ahead].”

. . . even a raindrop falls. – Ryōkan