The encounters and events of life
Contain within them multiple patterns.

A reality that can only be seen as a mistake
Transforms into an opportunity for a new way of life,
While the huge success of a promotion
Can become a door to a fall into the abyss.
The appearance we see now
Is only one possibility, or one limitation.

What is important
Is how we approach
The essence being held within each thing.
By living, traversing, and tracing back
The many layers of Strata of Meaning there,
We discover the path to which we must respond.

That is the way of living
“To Listen to the Calling” of the situation.

Keiko Takahashi
2024.3.1