I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

A couple of Dharma Talks by venerable teachers ... this by Sobun Katherine Thanas, so warm and clear, with a grandparenty heart ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...therine-Thanas

... and on the subject of not imposing posture on one's sitting posture, this by Rev. Issho Fujita ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...m-Issho-Fujita

To embody that "Everyday Is A Good Day" is a Sisyphean task ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ll=1#post97596

For our poets and potential poets ... On Writing Haiku ... and Haiku Chain ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...-Writing-Haiku
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...Haiku-Chain%21

On accepting the unacceptable, and accepting sometimes unaccepting ... Thoughts On Illness ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...hts-On-Illness

But as Myozan simply reminds us ... repressing things is not the same as letting them go ... a subtle and fine art, our Zazen.
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...and-Letting-Go

Some examples of Buddhists who do not tolerate disrespect of images of the Buddha ... our respect for those Buddhists and for Buddha ... and some intolerance among Buddhists that should not be tolerated by anyone ... (and some side discussion of tattoos) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...er-sensitivity