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living in the here and now

Posted: Wed, Sep 29, 2004 05:07:15 AM

just the reminder i needed to come back to the present. since returning from vacation i have felt stressed for time and lacking focus. i keep thinking about what i need to do tomorrow and what i did not accomplish yesterday, forgetting that i only have today to do what i can in this moment and tomorrow will bring a fresh new day to start again. i am so grateful that i have people and a program to remind me that it not only okay but actually highly desirable to live in the here and now.
although i am no less overwhelmed by what i need to, at least i look at the elephant and start eating it one bite at a time. today i have FAITH that i can get it all devoured eventually.
i am filled with a sense of HOPE this morning instead of dread. nothing has really changed since yesterday, except for my outlook, i will do what i can and see where it leads TODAY!
-- DT --

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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

4) Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them
the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.