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Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2022 06:18:12 AM

my newfound values, is not as difficult as it once seemed. a case in point is how i am handling my commute to the far side of Denver on the days i choose to make it. i have not yet given any of my fellow travelers the middle finger salute, when they do something to interrupt my smooth passage, although i have had numerous instances when, in the past, the “birds” would have been a-flyin', every single morning and afternoon. i cannot say for sure what has possessed me of late when it comes to rush hour traffic and getting through that jam, but it is satisfying to arrive at work with my blood pressure and pulse rate at only slightly elevated levels.
this morning, as i sat, contemplating my navel and listening for whatever i needed to hear, what came upon me was a sense of knowing where i am and where i may be going. i have to admit that waiting for the checks to come in the mail, is stressful for me. day after day, i watch the bolls roll in and my savings dwindle and it strengthen my resolve to continue spending on the level i have been since losing my job and saving a certain percentage of my new found income, when it starts rolling in. be that as it may, at least i am finally starting to see the light at the end of that tunnel as well. i may “feel” i need a new car stereo and perhaps i do, BUT, it is a purchase i have not made twice now. that too, reflects that maybe some of these newfound values are sinking in and fostering the sort of change i have always desired.
it is time however, to post this little exercise on the inter-webs and get headed down to work. as much as i would love to get a workout under my sneakers before sitting in my car, i know if i want to make it to work, in as sane of a manner as possible, i need to shower off and head on out. getting there is not half the fun, but it is worth the journey, philosophically and spiritually speaking that is.

∞ 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 2

2) It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease
that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease. He knows
the pain that would be inseparable from it, and therefore he does
not have it.