Giving birth and nourishing; having, yet not possessing; working, yet not taking credit; leading without controlling or dominating. ~ Lao-Tzo Surrender. Balance. Serenity. To create and to build, to have but not be possessed by possessing, by the importance of […]
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Don’t Hoard the Manna
It’s impossible to use it up — if we consume more, we simply receive more. But if we attempt to hoard it, we’ll experience shortages ourselves, along with the failure of having even a wisp of understanding. The Tao and […]
Continue reading »Only Because There Is Ugliness
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty, only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. ~ Lao-tzu I’ve quipped for years Hell is floating around playing a harp all day, every day, forever […]
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We start with Step One. Our lives are unmanageable. By that we mean we’re miserable, perhaps suicidal, depressed as heck, at the end of our rope. We work the rest of the steps and find it so much better, a […]
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I’m glad I have a family, those I’ll see today and those I won’t. I’m glad I’ve enough to eat and don’t have to consume all that’s on the table at which I sit, that friends and family will give […]
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