Being Present and Content

| The Tao Chapter 80 – My Fourth Interpretation|

What if in life you were truly present and content? Present as in your whole mind being where your body is in the space it holds from the start of your inhale to the end of your exhale. Content as in allowing the moment to be what it is being, satisfied with who you are in that moment. What would that look like?

Would you rush from moment to moment, experience to experience only to find in the end that you rushed through life unconsciously?

Would you unceasingly seek for new and better only to breathe your last breath realizing you had what you needed all along?

Or, would you control your way to the proverbial top to then find the top was always within?

Being present is not colorless nor is being content a lack of ambition.

The mind of one who is present is absorbed in all aspects of now. The heart of one who is content is accepting of the experience of now.

So, are you truly present and content?

LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations along with this fourth and ask, are there any shifts you are prepared to make today in relation to aligning with the art of living as shared in the Tao?

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fourth reading of Stephen Mitchell’s translation. I share my daily interpretations hoping to inspire you to do the same.

Embrace your journey. Experience bliss. Live the Tao.

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