I Have To Say Something

Years ago,
at a Zen center,
I was trying
to quiet the mind
and was having
a terrible time
doing it,
so years later
the Roshi
said,
"You've got
to say something!"
so I decided
that quieting
the mind
was not necessarily
the best thing
to do,
and when the thinking
came back to me,

I felt much better.