Make your soil the Way of Life’s flow, and allow your thoughts to grow deeply aligned with it. This way your actions will flow from your roots, grounded in the nutrients that will help you flourish.
Let it be so in all areas of your life. As you are an example for one, they will be an example for many. The ripple effects will change the world.
LIVING THE TAO: Going with the flow is difficult because you feel like you have to direct every aspect of a circumstance, but you do not. If you feel panicky or worried, that is a cue to take a deep breath and step back because not one second of worry will influence the outcome.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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There is a Great Creative Source from which all beings are conceived.
You emerged from Source into a physical existence, and deep within you know this to be true.
Honor this truth daily.
The Great Creative Source guides your path for your good without seeking possession or demanding expectations.
It is your model for the things you create.
LIVING THE TAO: What does this Tao mean? It means create with love; nurture, guide and protect your creation; and allow your creation to flourish without your domination of it. This is one of your lessons in life: learning to let go.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Going with the flow of Life means surrendering to what the moment offers you.
There is no resistance. Only acceptance of the moment.
In flow, your actions emerge from your being-ness.
In flow, you fully give yourself to the moment, doing all you can, the best you can and then let go.
Surrender to the moment, action through non-action, then rest: that is allowing the flow.
LIVING THE TAO: Allowing events to flow can seem like laziness or make you anxious, but it’s not that you are sitting still like a zombie. No. You are using your intuition to feel your next direction. Then Life carries you. That is action through non-action.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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A work in progress may look chaotic, but it is perfect and whole.
To be full, on must become empty; that is surrender.
To gain wisdom, one must seem foolish; that is turn away from accepting the norm just because.
Art, when in creation lacks form, but at completion is exquisite. The beauty was always present.
Therefore, allow things to unfold in their natural flow. When you stop interfering, the perfection will emerge.
LIVING THE TAO: If you are frustrated, waiting for something to turn out the way you would like, and the events are out of your control, stop. Release the frustration, allow events to flow, and the masterpiece will emerge as it should.
In 2018 my focus was to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. Now I continue into 2019 with my fifth reading. 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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Settle your mind on the truth of who you are.
Surrender your choices to sync with Life’s flow.
Fill your thoughts of your power and greatness.
Lead with love and guidance.
Allow life’s events to naturally run their course.
Soften to see the connection of our collective journey.
Help others bring forth their best, steward responsibilities with care, surrender attachment to expectations, and serve as a model of greatness without imposing your will.
These elevate joy.
LIVING THE TAO: Reflect on the recommendations for elevating joy. Which one are you inclined to focus on today. Decide then focus.
My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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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The more you think for others, the less they think for themselves.
Remove their need to solve a challenge and you become an enabler.
Beliefs are born from the need to solve an existential challenge, and so many are offered to comfort the believer. From the many, contention among humankind is born.
Therefore, be a guide instead. Step back and provide space—space to connect to their true nature, think for themselves and discover their answers.
As they do, they are less enabled and more strengthened.
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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The one who has allowed her way to align with Life’s way lives with keen awareness. She knows that all things are connected and there are no accidents ,therefore she seeks and sees the connectedness of all things in her life.
Though at times she may not understand the reason for her experiences, she knows that ultimately, they serve her. She releases resistance and with alertness, takes the next step on her path before her.
She knows that her true nature—true self—is connected to Life’s way, and that her path supports her in becoming more of her true self.
If we all lived this way, we would flourish in authenticity and harmony.
It begins with one.
Live more as the authentic you by allowing The Way to become your way.
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?
“All things are connected and there are no accidents.” -A. Givans
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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The Way, Life and its flow, the Source of all things, existed before you. Your presence though, serves to contribute to the story of physical coming from and returning to nonphysical.
On this path, in your day, in this moment, keep the right perspective. Keep your sight clear. Your purpose is to allow the full becoming of your true self.
Pay attention to the experiences around you. Instead of attaching yourself to the ones you like, open yourself to what they are telling you. Instead of resisting the ones you do not like, open yourself to what they are telling you. All of your experiences come to shape you and guide your path, so pay attention.
Let yourself be guided as you contribute to a story that is larger than your own. Life and its flow will serve you for your good as you surrender to its way.
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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How does one surrender to Life’s flow?
It is similar to when you were conceived. The cells multiplied for your growth without interference or resistance from you, nor attachment to the previous phase of growth. They came to be as a part of your path.
It is similar to when you were in the womb, ready and prepared for birth. The elements around you changed and without interference, resistance or attachment to the previous phase. You allowed the guidance. You allowed your path.
It is similar to the connection of moments that develop your continuum of experiences, readying and preparing you as the elements around you change, and without your interference or resistance, guidance happens for your path.
And there is the answer.
You surrender to Life’s flow by allowing its guidance without interference, resistance, or attachment to what was as change happens for your path.
Are you able?
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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The softness of water can erode the hardness of a rock.
The nothingness of air can enter where there is no space.
The toughest heart can be won without words.
The non-action of being yourself can win the prize.
Therefore, practice striving less. Become more of yourself to experience effortless accomplishments.
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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