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Thought For Today – Lao Tzu on Allowing Your Life To Unfold Naturally

 

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                             Lao Tzu  

“Those who look down upon this world

will surely take hold and try to change things

But this is a plan

I’ve always seen fail

The world is Tao’s own vessel

It is perfection manifest

It cannot be changed

It cannot be improved

For those who go on tampering, it’s ruined

For those who try to grasp,  it’s gone

 

Allow your life to unfold naturally

Know that it too is a vessel of perfection

Just as you breathe in and breathe out

Sometimes you’re ahead and other times behind

Sometimes you’re strong and other times weak

Sometimes you’re with people and other times alone

To the Sage

all of life is a movement toward perfection

So what need has he

for the excessive, the extravagant, or the extreme?”

Tao Te Ching, Verse 29, Translated by Jonathan Star

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8 Responses to Thought For Today – Lao Tzu on Allowing Your Life To Unfold Naturally

  1. Jt Clough | Big Island Dog January 23, 2012 at 11:22 pm #

    Mahalo.

    Those thoughts are the perfect addition to my day. :)

    Reply
    • Fran Sorin January 24, 2012 at 8:03 am #

      Am glad you enjoyed. Lao Tzu is one of the greats…and prolific. A great combination. :) Fran

      Reply
  2. Paige | simple mindfulness January 24, 2012 at 10:42 pm #

    This is a beautiful reminder to stop resisting all that is. Save your energy and go with the flow. Life is much easier and happier that way. Thank you Fran!

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    • Fran Sorin January 26, 2012 at 7:52 pm #

      Paige,
      Isn’t that the truth? Surrendering is what it’s all about. Fran

      Reply
  3. Evotive January 26, 2012 at 1:56 am #

    Such a brilliant thought for the day. :) Thank you for this gift

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    • Fran Sorin January 26, 2012 at 7:47 pm #

      With pleasure Aileen. But all the credit goes to Lao Tzu! Fran

      Reply
  4. Mark Kenski February 18, 2012 at 12:39 pm #

    Having tried medication for anxiety, and reading Lao Tzu, I find the latter to be far more effective. Because it strikes to the root–the insatiable desire to control outcomes.

    Trust is the antidote, the remedy and the solution. Trust that whatever intelligence wrought this almost unbearably beautiful universe, it’s still there, behind the flow, trying to guide when we will just loosen our grip a little and see what surprises are in store.

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    • Fran Sorin February 18, 2012 at 3:31 pm #

      Mark…
      A BIG smile broke out on my face when I read your first sentence. Ain’t that the truth? Lao Tzu is …what can I say…(perhaps everything and nothing?).

      Did you write the 2nd paragraph?? If so, you’ve got me hooked on your writing. I love the phrase ‘unbearably beautiful universe’.
      Thanks for stopping by Mark. It’s good to see your ‘face’ here. Fran

      Reply

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