Did you ever have that expectant feeling? It's rather like knowing that lightning is going to strike but not being sure when or where or who's going to get hurt. This state of being exists in my psyche at this time. Why? Ah, now there's the question of the hour. If that knowledge were imparted to me, much rest would I be able to endure.

It would be so much easier if I could adopt the true Zen Buddhist outlook on life and not attach myself to anything, and at the same time, care for all living things knowing that we are all joined. Thus what harms one of us harms all of us, from a certain point of view. Alas, as I have oft been told and have oft learned, there is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

Well, T'ai Chi practice aside, it's time for the soft petals of the night-flower to close in upon themselves covering the eye and allowing the state of slumber to ensue.