When you set out on the path
leaving so much behind,
will you continue to grasp
what you have lost or look
only at what you have
in this moment and this?
If you cling to what
you have willingly
given up you will be
forever lost in mourning
what no longer is
and frozen, unable to proceed.

A reflection on Case 73 of The Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)