Ghost Dog

"Every day when one's body
and mind are at peace,
"one should meditate
upon being ripped apart
"by arrows, rifles,
spears and swords,
"being carried away
by surging waves,
"being thrown
into the midst of a great fire,
"being struck by lightning,
"being shaken to death
by a great earthquake,
"falling from thousand-foot
cliffs, dying of disease
"or committing seppuku
at the death of one's master.
And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead.
This is the substance of the way of the samurai."