by Karie Loomis Ox spent his life working the wheat field. Never receiving benefit of its yield. Year after year, wheat did grow. For whom, Ox did not know. Ox loved a human. The one he called master. The man usually kind, no matter the disaster. Time past. Ox not as strong. Took all hisContinue reading “Ox and Horse”
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The Farmer’s Luck
The Farmer’s Luck (One of my favorite Zen stories.) There was once an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.One day, his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck, ” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned bringing withContinue reading “The Farmer’s Luck”