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Posted: Sun, Oct 19, 2025 12:40:23 PM

into a spiritual connection, somehow the world seems quieter, and my purpose in it takes on new clarity. as i sit here writing this, i want to be gone, gone, gone, not taking care of my bidness. it has been a full morning, as most of my Sunday mornings are and i am done with all my chores and my workout, so i feel like i should already be torching up a cigar and settling in for some football. if i am totally honest, i may v-even be coming to the end of writing this exercise as i am not quite sure what value it adds to my life. it is only on days like these, when i want to be somewhere else, when that feeling creeps up on me. the message i am getting, is that i may not understand what good is coming of this, but each and every time, i take the time to dive into these exercises, i am channeling my creative side. my prose may not be Nobel Prize worthy, nor will it change the world, but i guess, for me, it gives me a minute to step out off myself and see how i look to the world around me.
as i am having difficulty sitting still right now, i am going to end this by saying that just for today, i am grateful that at least i have a life i can write about and be okay not living up to any particular standard. it is a great day to be clean and a better day to admit i am ready to move along.

∞ 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

3) (Those who) possessed the highest benevolence were (always seeking)
to carry it out, and had no need to be doing so. (Those who) possessed
the highest righteousness were (always seeking) to carry it out, and
had need to be so doing.