How potent those words good morning can be if we truly believe them. Zen masters have a saying, Hibi kore kojitsu: "Every day is a good day." The Japanese word for good in this case, ko, consists of two characters placed side by side: the character for "woman" and the character for "child." How deep and good runs the love between a mother and child! That is the feeling with which zen masters instruct us to regard each day.

Philip Toshio Sudo, Zen 24/7