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Chill morning, stone steps.
The path to the temple is steep.
We may stumble at times,
But we must always get up again.



Spiritual cultivation is a daily activity. No matter how much we
achieve one day, we must continue the next. Progress is often so subtle
that we may feel the effort futile, and it is hard to get up each
morning and try again with the same enthusiasm. Yet this is precisely
what we must do.

If we have the benefit of guidance, talent, and the proper
circumstances, then the bulk of our attention has to be paid to such a
simple day-to-day effort. No person ever leapt to heaven in one bound.
Spirituality is achieved by steady climbing, like a difficult journey to
a mountain temple. The number of steps is in the thousands; the way is
steep. It takes a long time to get there, and we must content ourselves
with the panoramas along the way and think that the view at the summit
will be best of all. If we fall, we must pick ourselves up and get back
on the trail again.

Success in spiritual life is measured not by spectacular events but
by daily devotion. This iron will, this deep sincerity maintains our
ascent.

365 Tao: Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao


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