"Pattern your life after
the giant bamboo.
The exterior, though smooth
and lovely to the touch,
is tough and resistant to the sword.
Within, it is soft, pliable, with much
empty space for continued growth.
It grows neatly and ordered, never cluttered.
Alone, it rises tall and straight,
always upward to the sky.
There, it spreads it's beauty to the sun.
It leans on nothing.
It makes it's own way, perhaps near others,
a part of others, but very much dependent upon
its own strength and force.
So pattern your life.''
Onomito
speaking to Leo Buscaglia in
''The Way of the Bull''
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