Watching gardeners label their plants
I vow with all beings
to practice the old horticulture
And let plants identify me.
~ Robert Aiken Roshi, thanks to Tina Beneman
I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact — to borrow from the languages of the saints — to live "in grace" as much of the time as possible.