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Wed, Sep 29, 2004 05:07:15 AM
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 --
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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These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree,
and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike
go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return
(to their original state). When things (in the vegetable world) have
displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its
root. This returning to their root is what we call the state of stillness;
and that stillness may be called a reporting that they have fulfilled
their appointed end.