The Choice of Ease or Suffering

| The Tao Chapter 80 – My Fifth Interpretation|

Gratitude for the lesson of the moment and stillness of heart are being content.

This does not mean you have no desire, nor does it mean that growth has ceased. It simply means that you are able to appreciate the lessons of the moment. It means that you recognize your ability to choose your response to the moment and you choose to be grateful because the moment offers a lesson for your growth and benefit.

Being content allows you to live with more ease because you choose to not be discontent.

Being content is a choice.

LIVING THE TAO: Any negative feeling such as anger, fear, or anxiety can dissipate with a choice. Choose to ask y yourself, what is the lesson for me to learn from what I view as this pain-causing experience? Once you have determined the lesson(s), be grateful for it (them) and soon the pain that you allowed the experience to create will dissolve.

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.

Original image by Susann Mielke.