15 Responses to “Little snail, inch by inch, climb Mt. Fuji!” haiku by Issa

1. Rawnest Living says:

   December 19, 2012 at 12:45 pm

   So beautiful…

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   • Pocket Perspectives says:

     December 19, 2012 at 7:05 pm

     It’s a wonderful haiku ….uh oh, I see I misspelled “haiku” on that page… ah, little snail.

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2. seeker says:

   December 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm

   that will take forever for the snail to reach the top should it survive the elements. Love the metaphor.

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3. Pocket Perspectives says:

   December 19, 2012 at 7:06 pm

   ah yes….little snail on a lifetime path…. there we all are with it, too.

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4. nrhatch says:

   December 19, 2012 at 7:10 pm

   Inch by inch . . . life’s a cinch.
   Yard by yard . . . life is hard.

   Lovely haiku.

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   • Pocket Perspectives says:

     December 19, 2012 at 7:31 pm

     keeping my head down… taking it inch by inch!

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5. becca givens says:

   December 20, 2012 at 9:50 am

   This reminds me of one of my favorite Quotes … “With perseverance, even the snail made it to the Ark!” 😀 Thank you for the timely reminder.

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   • Pocket Perspectives says:

     December 20, 2012 at 10:05 am

     That little snail seems to get quite a workout …and apparently has offered 1000’s of years of inspiration! 😀

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6. sufilight says:

   December 21, 2012 at 3:26 pm

   I had missed this post! This is a great reminder for me as patience is not one of my virtues, but working on releasing this . When I get impatient with goals, I will remember the snail.

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   • Pocket Perspectives says:

     December 21, 2012 at 5:49 pm

     ah yes….patience… an ongoing challenge for me too… trudging up Mt.Fuji. Oh, I forgot about “joyful effort”…. not trudging.

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7. roweeee says:

   March 25, 2016 at 2:41 am

   I just came across this Haiku for the first time today and love it and stumbled across your post. Isn’t it inspirational! xx Rowena

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   • Pocket Perspectives says:

     March 25, 2016 at 7:07 am

     Yes, I’ve found that Haiku to be so inspiring throughout the past many years… I resonated deeply with it the first time I read it….offering so much inspiration…. warmly, Kathy
     ps…another special one: “Fall seven times, stand up eight”

     “Fall seven times, stand up eight” ….Japanese proverb

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     • roweeee says:

       March 25, 2016 at 11:20 pm

       That one’s excellent as well! Thanks so much xx Rowena

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     • roweeee says:

       March 26, 2016 at 6:35 am

       I thought you might appreciate my post about sharing that Haiku with my kids. I had quite an interesting response which sent me off to Google once again where I fund a great post about climbing Mt Fuji linked to that Haiku: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/snailing-up-the-mountain/
       xx Rowena

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       • Pocket Perspectives says:

         March 26, 2016 at 11:06 am

         Aren’t Haiku’s so powerful!

         And, isn’t it remarkable what we can learn as we open to guiding our children along???? …along with guiding ourselves, too.

         You might like this…. sounds like you’re already following a sequence of steps in setting goals etc… “If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top” https://pocketperspectives.com/2013/10/01/if-you-want-to-climb-a-mountain-begin-at-the-top-a-zen-saying-ideas-for-working-toward-goals/

         Oh goodness, it sounds like you have some ongoing health challenges…I wish you well.

         Since you might have ongoing challenges, which of course we all do in our varying ways, you might find something interesting or helpful in some of the ideas I’ve been putting together ideas about a few “living life” topics. (these are all longer “posts, ” that I don’t post in the main blog section, where I’m exploring ideas I’m learning, reflecting upon and trying to live… Since August, I’ve been putting those various ideas up in the Headline “Greenhouse/other” Tab, listed with numbers 1 to 9 before those “posts/explorations” Some of those “explorations” are also in the “Seeding the Clouds” headline tab… )

         Developing “resilience qualities,” … “Dance with me…resilience” https://pocketperspectives.com/other/9-dance-with-me-resilience/

         Learning about, recognizing, nurturing and developing our “core life strengths” and other “positive qualities” https://pocketperspectives.com/other/9-charts-for-using-via-core-strengths-positivity-qualities-perfections/

         Becoming more “proactive” “One Gutsy Thing” https://pocketperspectives.com/other/1-becoming-more-proactive-simply-ogt-one-gutsy-thing/

         Choosing to become more gentle with ourselves. “Teaching our own children well…soft, gentle, warm and loving” https://pocketperspectives.com/other/1-teaching-our-own-inner-children-well-soft-gentle-warm-loving/

         Giving oneself a deeply felt sense of “love and compassion” (especially when things seem difficult…) “The Love and Compassion Chair” https://pocketperspectives.com/other/9-the-compassion-and-love-chair-immersing-and-sharing/

         Wishing you well…. warmly, Kathy

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