“You are perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement." This famous teaching from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, a Sōtō Zen monk and author of Zen Mind, Beginners Mind has been making me think of late about my mom. She always loved me unconditionally and whenever she felt like there was an opening, she would tell me how I could improve. I did a lot of eye rolling at those times and complaining but now, in my 60's, I would love to hear her suggestions on how I could
