Word 003
Rain fell from morning in Nara. The already-quiet city grew quieter still — only the sound of rain echoed through the air.
I had planned to go for a walk, but decided to stay. Today, I will sit with myself.
"The answer lies within.
We look outward for answers — and so we place our hopes in the world outside,
cling to it, and try to control it.
Naturally, none of that can truly be ours to command.
And so we lament, and we suffer.
It is time to stop looking outward —
and look within.
There, the heart grows light."