Eyes To See & Ears To Hear

Here's a nice little video from Brother David Steindl-Rast. 

I met Brother David at Tassajara a couple years ago when he was having public dialogues with Haller Roshi.  He's a very inspiring figure.  He teaches the simple practice of gratitude as a way of transforming our own life and that of others. When we really have eyes to see and ears to hear, we can't help but wake up enough that everyone we meet can be blest through simple presence.

As a young Benedictine monk, Brother David had studied at Tassajara with Suzuki Roshi,
where he's still affectionately known as Brother David the Dishwasher.
Whilst working in the kitchens there he had placed a little sign above the sink which read
"Please handle these dishes as carefully as you would the vessels on the altar."

Or something close to that anyway!  :)
I remember the spirit of the words more than the actual words maybe.

Simple presence here now, wholehearted activity, gratitude...

http://www.gratefulness.org/