The gentle can be taken for granted as if it were weak. But look at water: it will erode a hard surface.

Rigidity can be overcome by gentleness. Harshness can be overtaken by softness.

Wisdom exposes this truth.

Allow her to guide your response to the darkness. Your light well empowers you to show goodness amidst the heinous.

LIVING THE TAO: If you’ve been trying to change a challenging situation with resistance and it hasn’t work, it could be time to try something new. As the saying goes, you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.

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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When seeking knowledge, I learn. When seeking wisdom, I unlearn.

In my quest for wisdom, every day I see more of Life’s flow with its synchronicities. I also see how unnecessary it is to force things. I am shown the next step to take, and when I take it, I am shown the next step, and then the next, and so on.

There is an ever-increasing peace of mind and confidence in an unseen hand that are gained by surrendering to Life’s flow.

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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Wisdom offers the knowing that there is a way the energy of life flows and that surrendering to it is ideal. Partial knowing causes vacillation of thoughts and non-acceptance makes this wisdom foolish.

Moving with the energy of Life’s flow is like groping in the dark, yet surrendering to it offers light for way finding.

The energy of Life’s flow cannot be seen yet it is everywhere. Aligning with this intangible force allows for ease on your journey.

Along the way, trust in your true nature flourishes.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, secondand thirdinterpretations 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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There is a part of you that though you cannot see it, you can see how it works in your life. You cannot hear it, yet you can listen to its guidance. You cannot touch it, but you can feel its presence in the silence.

It is formless, yet includes all forms. It appears to have no end and locating its beginning puzzles the mind. This part of you is beyond your understanding, and still, if you choose, you understand.

You know that if you choose to, you can sense it. You know that it’s been with you since your dawn, and it will guide your journey to your dusk. You know that this part of you was not conceived from flesh. It is not physical.

It is with you to help you on your journey, but you must choose to surrender—let go of your way—to allow the flow of its assistance.

Call it Soul, Spirit, Universal Source, Providence, or the Divine. Call it what you will, but you know it is your true form.

Choosing to embrace this knowing and its presence is the beginning of wisdom.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, secondand thirdinterpretations 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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Predicting with great force how life must unfold is an act for the unwise, the ignorant or the arrogant.

The exactness of synchronistic details cannot be foretold.

It is best for your joy to remain unattached to your desires. Instead, be like a child in awe, allowing life’s surprises to unfold before you.

Let your mind align with the Ultimate Mind. When you do, you then understand how life’s flow works for you.

LIVING THE TAO: What or who are you trying to control? Do you really believe you have control over people or situations? I once heard, “the more you grasp for control, the more out of control things become.” How has controlling been working for you? Could it be time to let go and allow a natural flow?

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my third 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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Life’s flow favors harmony.

Where there is disharmony, events will arise to bring about harmony. Where there is a void, circumstances will come to fill it.

Attempts to protect imbalances in power or disharmony in fairness will inevitably be interrupted.

The flow of life will eventually correct it. Sometimes the flow may seem swift, other times slow. To one it may feel disruptive and to another, welcomed. But it does not have an agenda, only its purpose to be what it is: a natural flow.

The wise know to deliberately lean in the way of harmony. This way she experiences the favor of flow.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, reflect on a time when you experienced imbalance in your life. What happened to bring balance back? Did you become ill or lose an opportunity? Use the memory to learn that something will always happen to return to harmony, so you might as well create it yourself.

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my second 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.

When hope is lost, religion is found. And with confusion, one may seek the guidance of a guru. But the wise teacher knows to remove herself so dependence is not formed.

It is the work of the one that is lost to unlearn what has brought the confusion and obscured hope.

Trust more in the guidance from within that leads you in the way of compassion.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, consider a person you are challenged by and ask yourself, “how have I contributed to creating difficulty in the relationship?” Face your truth. Accept your contribution, then ask, “what must I do to change myself?” Be silent and listen. The answer will come. Follow the guidance of your inner guru.

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my second 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.

The beginning of knowledge is the acceptance that there is knowledge to be gained.

Wisdom comes to those who humbles to growth.

And the wise says to life at the dawn of each day, “teach me,” then opens to learning.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, open yourself to learning, even about what you believe you already know.

The sea is vaster than the tributaries that feed into its greatness, yet by design it sits lower. This is nature’s model of humility.

Those who embody authentic power are humble. No one is made to feel beneath them or belittled.

Great power is married to humility and those who lead wisely know this.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, consider a situation where you are in the dominant role. Identify how you can put the needs of someone else before your own as you work together on accomplishing a task. Acting on your awareness in this way will help you grow in greatness.

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my second 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