Continuous Becoming - not a western approach to living. We live and die but for a moment. We live and die moment by moment.

The Tao Of Forgiveness One day, the sage gave the disciple an empty sack and a basket of potatoes. "Think of all the people who have done or said something against you in the recent past, especially those you cannot forgive. For each of them, inscribe the name on a potato and put it in the sack." The disciple came up quite a few names, and soon his sack was heavy with potatoes.