Serenity Now

| The Tao Chapter 16 – My Second Interpretation |

When you sense your mind rumbling with thoughts, know that you are in the past or future. Bring yourself back to the present with one sobering thought: your Source. In the end you will return there, so why allow your mind to be troubled in the present when the past is gone and the future is illusive?

Living in the past invites depression. Living in the future invites worry. Being in the moment welcomes serenity.

Embracing the finiteness of life transforms daily fears into amusement, impatience into endurance, and lack of confidence into courage.

Therefore, center yourself in the present, so that all experiences become contributions to your moment to moment evolution.

LIVING THE TAO: Today when you begin to fret over something, stop. Inhale, focusing on the feeling of the air in your nostrils. Exhale, appreciating the impermanence of your breath, then accept that all is as the flow of life has made it, in this present moment.

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.