Where wisdom fuels change
Posted in Change & Growth, Meaningful Relationships, Protecting our Power on Mar 26th, 2008
Another Tao Te Ching passage that has me thinking these days is number 68. This chapter is about non-striving and non-contenting, even in what are normally adversarial situations. The passage reads: A good soldier is never aggressive; A good fighter is never angry. The best way of conquering an enemy Is to win him over […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Impact the World on Mar 25th, 2008
I enjoy reading the Tao Te Ching by Lao-tsu because it is so deep you can gain new insight with each reading. Chapter Eleven of the ancient Chinese text reads: “Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Meaningful Relationships on Feb 25th, 2008
Area 51, Fort Knox, and NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain may seem impenetrable, but they are nothing in comparison to my heart 15 years ago. But that didn’t matter to him. Loss of my father, sister, and granddaddy during my elementary school years kept me afraid to love. The message for me from that time was, […]
Posted in Change & Growth, Internal wisdom, Meaningful Relationships, Protecting our Power on Feb 22nd, 2008
As a seeker of wisdom, I have found all those pearls of insight come in a variety of ways. Some insights are sneaky. These crafty ones like to slip up behind you and whack you on the head with a burst of sudden understanding. Waylaid by wisdom, you might say. You didn’t want it, didn’t […]