Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
– TO MY FRIENDS –
Let’s make sure to have clear-cut goals and plans for each day!
Then when we look back on how the day went, we can say to ourselves: “Today again I won!”
Making steady progress, on a daily basis, enables us to adorn our lives with remarkable victories!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
— DAILY GOSHO —
“Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life.
Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days. If you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital?”

(Letter to Niike – The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1027) Selection source: The New Human Revolution – Surging Seas – 30, Seikyo Shimbun, May 19, 2009

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
—- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —-
“The renowned Australian nurse and physical therapist Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), who developed a groundbreaking treatment for the effects of polio, declared: ‘It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.’”