Painting the Stairs at 4AM Sutra

Thus I have heard (thoughts that have come to my empty mind):

What you miss the first time (or the second) you can always revisit to touch up. You may have missed a spot in the moment without noticing, but looking back over your it is easy to spot your mistakes, and likewise easy to fix them. There is always a second chance, a means of redemption that may be clearer than you thought.


The second coat is always easier than the first. A lesson is more clearly seen and more easily learned after you make the same mistake twice.


Upon cutting in, going too slowly in attempt to maintain straight edging will cause you to wobble and falter. Over-contemplation will not improve your chances for success. Trust your intuition. Either you will succeed or your mistakes will build your intuition which will lead to future success.


Let the paint dry completely before allowing the space to become functional again. Take the time you need to learn from your experiences before moving on too quickly to what's next.


Seeking is necessary to finding only insomuch as in seeking you will discover how finding does not come about.


Let us not kid ourselves that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. There is only the way you have done them, are doing them, feel compelled to do them. There is a reason why you did the things the way you did at the time, a reason you're doing them now, a reason you will do them. There is also, upon looking back at things you have done, a greater reason to be discovered i.e. a mistake that you had to honestly make in order to learn a certain lesson.


For god's sake never proclaim enlightenment, or even understanding.