"Reality-insight says get a sense of immediate politics and history, get control of your own time; master the twenty-four hors. Do it well, without self-pity.
It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to the bus as it is to chant sutras in the Buddha-hall on a cold morning. One move is not better than the other, each can be quite boring, and they both have the virtuous quality of repetition.
Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms. Changing the filter, wiping noses, washing dishes, checking the dipstick - don't let yourself think these are distracting you from your more serious pursuits.Such a round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape so that we may do our "practice" wich will put us on a "path" - it is our path.
(...)
Mountaineers climb peaks for the great view, the cooperation and comradeship, the lively hardship - but mostly because it puts you out there, where the unknown happens, where you encounter surprise.
The truly experienced person, the refined person, delights in the ordinary.Such a person will find the tedious work around the house or office as full of challenge and play as any other metaphor of mountaneering might suggest".
"On the path, off the trail", in "The pratice of the wild", Gary Snyder, North Point Press, New York, 1990, pag 153-154
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