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Friday, January 18, 2008

Good Thoughts

Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.


Lao-Tzu
(Translated by Stephen Mitchell)

2007 08 25 027
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    thank you for the reminder

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  2. auroramaeJanuary 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM

    Yes,
    I definetly needed that today

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  3. JennyJanuary 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM

    :) I know all those things... yet sometimes I find myself forgetting to live them. Thank you.

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