Save yourself first

We are like a little chick who still cannot escape the hawk’s beak. Try to save yourself first, then think about persuading and worrying about others.

Since I left home, I never thought about home at all. I never returned home, except when my mother passed away, I went back for her cremation. When I arrived home, I gave away all my possessions. I gave the 15-rai rice field to my younger sister because she took care of my mother. I gave the 20-rai rice field to my younger brother who is a monk, so he would not have a hard time.

May 6, 1981