The kyudo student endeavors to take life's difficulties in stride. To face hardships and disappointments with the calm that one has when one misses the target; to have the same composure in the face of calamity that the master has when his string breaks at full draw; to accept full responsibility for one's mistakes and to try again; that is true zanshin. The student who strives to live his life that way understands that the true target in kyudo is not the piece of paper that is ninety feet away; the true target is within.
