Looking Where They Were Looking

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Footprints only prove that someone was here and paying attention. What they attended to is still available, and it was never theirs. This morning that might mean setting down the book about stillness and sitting still for the length of one kettle. It might mean noticing the weight of your own foot before you have a word for it. The seeking is the same seeking; only the feet are new.