Invitation to take

Invitation to take

Invitation to give

Through the ages

it's blessing to do both.

We take time

We take time

as we move on

Essence of Age

more enriching now than before.

It's not about hanging on

 

It's not about hanging on

It's not about slipping to

It's ageing with abundance.

I wish you colours

I wish you colours

I wish me colours

Live well, live full.

What does not grow

  

What does not grow
Unnatural, 
What does not age
Unnatural.

Beads of memories

Beads of memories
Gems of warmth
swathe an ageing heart.

Ask where I come from

Ask where I come from,
the journey is long
encounters, fall,
got a song
to see me through.

Abundance came

Abundance came
I almost forgot
lost in moment,
Pause, Pause,
and I remember.

Let me keep, always,

Let me keep, always,
a little colour in my heart
to keep looking up.

"... People have sorrow ...."

People have sorrow and joy, parting and reunion.

Like the moon waxing or waning or going from full to crescent,

Since ancient time nothing has ever been perfect.

Nevertheless, I wish you long life,

So we’ll share a thousand kinds of grace and beauty!

Su Dongpo/Su Shi (1037-1101)

"There are only two ways ...."

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

"The setting sun ...."

The setting sun is unimaginably wonderful

Why do you lament its short duration before the nightfall?

Zhu Xu

'Pin-koro'

'pin-koro':

live long in health

meet an easy death

**“'Pin-koro' refers to living a long, healthy life before passing away peacefully. Pinkoro meals have three standards: each meal has to be between 600 and 700 kcal; each meal’s salt content must be 3–4 grams or less; and it must use local ingredients."