Category: acceptance

Tao Te Ching 9th Verse Thoughts

To keep on filling is not as good as stopping.  Overfilled,the cupped hands drip, better to stop pouring. Sharpen a blade too much and its edge will soon be lost.  Fill yourhouse with jade and gold and it brings insecurity. …

Tao Te Ching: Verse 5 Thoughts

Heaven and earth are impartial; they see the 10,000 things as straw dogs.  The sage is not sentimental; he treats all his people as straw dogs The sage is like heaven and earth:  To him none are especially dear, nor…

Is it a setback or an opportunity?

The doorbell rings and FedEx drives away. With eager anticipation, I rip open the envelope to look over the contents. Background:  I’m trying to refi my house so I can get my ex-wife off of the loan.  It’s been a…

Allow and free yourself

Dealing with… Coping with… Putting up with… Bear With… Tolerating… Enduring… Expressions that I’ve used and I’m sure, many of you have as well.   We tend to use these words as if they are positive or that we are…

The dog ate my blog post

I’ve been working on a few posts for this site and I keep it a little old school and hand write my notes and rough drafts.  For some reason, it is just easier to write down my ideas on paper…