Monday 11 August 2014

Supermoon


Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water.

From "Genjō Kōan" by Dōgen - Translated by Robert Baker Aitken and Kazuaki Tanahashi for the San Francisco Zen Center

Friday 8 August 2014

After a long hard day


My job at the hospital is mostly made up with "business as usual" things but sometimes it includes a real "go-live" event. Yesterday was such a special occasion.

Fortunately everything goes well except a couple of "Houston, we've had a problem" moments which had eventually been sorted out.

Today was a kind of follow-up and we do had a tricky problem which required some guessing game but had not taken so much time to reach the solution.

After working quite long hours in two days, I found I really love this job. A successful go-live can be that much sweet!