March 8th

At times, we may have to go through rain or billowing storms; at times we might shiver in the biting cold or feel hurt and broken. But when we return home to feel the warmth of our mother's presence, all wounds of the body and mind are healed.

-- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
AME GA FURO GA, KAZE GA FUKO GA, SAMUSA NI FURUEYO GA, MATA WA KIZUTSUKI YABURETE MO, KATEI NI KAETTE, HAHA NO ATATAKAI INOCHI NI FURESAE SUREBA, SHINSHIN NO KIZU WA IERU.

(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, 79 pg.)