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In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do. You will have something remaining which is not completely burned out. Zen activity is activity which is completely burned out, with nothing remaining but ashes.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki
Any more would”—he paused, considering his words—“would obviate certain options, and we ain’t big on that around here.” I thought about that for a moment. Then I said, “You just used obviate and ain’t in the same sentence.” “I got me one of them word-a-day calendars,” he said. “Don’t be obstreperous.”
Those same experiments continued for the next twenty years, and through all my countless trials, tumbles, and failures, I cultivated an alter-ego—a savage who refused to quit under almost any circumstance. Someone capable of overcoming any and all obstacles.
Never Finished
David Goggins
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