Impermanent as a Bubble

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This body's existence is like a bubble's.
May as well accept what happens.
Events and hopes seldom agree.
But he who can step back doesn't worry.
We blossom and fade like flowers;
Gather and part like clouds.
Worldly thoughts I forgot long ago,
Relaxing all day on a peak.
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~Shih-wu~ (14th cen. Chinese Ch'an/Zen mountain hermit)