perfect freedom...

When a fish swims, it swims on and on,

and there is no end to the
water.

When a bird flies, it flies on and on,

and there is no end to
the sky.

There was never a fish that swam out of the water, or a bird
that flew out of the sky.

When they need a little water or sky, they
use just a little;

when they need a lot they use a lot.

Thus they use
all of it at every moment,

and in every place, they have perfect
freedom.



Ehei Dogen
Buddhist philosopher