Spontaneous Acquiescence . . .
Sunday, May 10, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Moderate to strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown today. Generally cloudy and near 70º for a cool afternoon after a light morning gentle rain.
From love, to love, for love.
Today is Mother's Day.
Once More Round The Moon
For my mother, always two jobs, two stories, / two worlds even, in one movement, /
love and need and nothing / now or ever to separate the two.
– David Whyte, “Once More Around The Moon,” From Everything Is Waiting For You, Many Rivers Press, 2022.
My mother's crazy optimism. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Today is the birthday of Fred Astaire, born in 1899, Omaha, Nebraska. Regarded by many as the greatest popular-music dancer of all time, particularly in motion pictures where he was accompanied by another gifted dancer, Ginger Rogers. She was quoted as having said “I dance the same steps as Fred, only backward and in heels.” The pair were unequaled.
Bono is 66 today. The lead singer for the popular Irish rock band U2 and a prominent human rights activist was born in 1960, Dublin, Ireland..
Spontaneous Acquiescence
Every point you find impenetrable in the realm of navigating The Way is just your own mind making obstacles. Complete spontaneous acquiescence – [quiet assent to the present moment] – is the proper attitude for studying The Way. It doesn't matter if it takes five, twenty, or thirty years. In the space of spontaneous acquiescence you'll be naturally at peace without the slightest bit of doubt or confusion. It may come, go, and come again, but it's the only Way – Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese) Chungfeng Ming-pen (Japanese).