Wood & Yin
Proverb
Not every peach gives immortality.
Poem
The peach tree is heavy with fruit
How its flowers shine out!
Our mistress coming home
Bringing goof times for all of us.
Meditation
In Chinese mythology, there is a peach tree in the Celestial Mountains
ruled by the shaman/Taoist goddess, the Queen Mother of the West.
These peaches, if eaten, give immortality.
Most peaches just give pleasure and delight by their tastiness.
Enjoy what is truly within your reach,
rather than hankering after what is honesly beyond you.
©Loes Raaphorst 10/2005