Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Someone gave me a copy of Miyamoto Musashi's "Book of Five Rings". It's interesting to delve into the mind of a 17th century samurai who walked the narrow path of an ascetic and is famed as one of the greatest swordsman of all time. One of the rules he lays down in the Earth Scroll is "Never do anything useless." If only I could follow that one rule - so much more would I be able to accomplish! As a matter of fact, perhaps I should stop doing this rig