Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day? Are you serious? In West Texas? Recovery, sanity, go away, I’m tired, depressed, don’t want to. Oh, but I want you, Recovery. I want all the benefits, all the joy, all the […]
Continue reading »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 »The Sage Governs
The sage governs by emptying minds and hearts, by weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. ~ Lao-Tzu The sage governs… and the definition of a sage is a “profoundly wise man…” It’s a word that skipped the tendency to create sagess […]
Continue reading »Recovery Rondeau
Would that I could but I can’t control me. I swear that I’ll change but cannot agree for I bicker and protest and fall on my face seek the good but instead to pitfalls I race disgruntled and hopeless, for […]
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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