Friday Inspiration

"Consider life and death equal, and the intellect is not afraid; consider change as sameness, and clarity is not obscured."

_____ Lao-tzu

Friday Inspiration

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."

_____ Lao-tzu

Weekend Inspiration

"The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness.
How can I become still? By flowing with the stream."
_____ Lao-tzu

Tuesday's Inspiration

"Knowing others is wisdom,
Knowing yourself is enlightenment."
_____ Lao-tzu

Friday's Inspiration

"The wholeness of life, from of old, Been made manifest in its parts; Clarity has been made manifest in heaven, Firmness in earth, Purity in the spirit...." _____ Lao-tzu

Tatting and Inspiration

This is the first 5 rows of a tatted doily that I am making as a surprise for a friend. The pattern comes from a doily that she bought from an antique store and I am making it so she has a set of matching doilies. "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis. It is necessary to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation." _____ Lao-tzu

Tuesday's Inspiration

"I have just three things to teach: Simplicity, patience, compassion. These things are your greatest treasures. _____ Lao-tzu

Wednesday's Inspiration

"Do you imagine that the universe is agitated?
Go into the desert at night and look at the stars.
This practice should answer the question."
_____ Lao-tzu

Monday's Message

"Softness triumphs over hardness,
feebleness over strength. What is more
malleable is always superior over that which is immovable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation."
_____ Lao-tzu

Thursday's Inspiration

"Practice not doing,
And everything will fall into place."
_____ Lao-tzu

Friday's Inspiration

"Always we hope
someone else has the answer.
Some other place will be better,
it will all turn out.
This is it.
No one else has the answer.
no other place will be better;
and it has already turned out."
_____ Lao-tzu

Tuesday's Inspiration

"Nature does not hurry,
Yet everything is accomplished."
_____ Lao-Tzu

Monday's Message

"At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want."
_____ Lao-tzu

Monday's Message

"Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.
Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory.
Do only what needs to be done, without using violence."
_____ Lao-Tzu

Wednesday's Inspiration

"Always we hope someone else has the answer. Some other place will be better, it will all turn out. This is it.
No one else has the answer. No other place will be better, and it has already turned out."
_____ Lao-Tzu

Thursday's Inspiration

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
_____ Lao-Tzu

"Practice not-doing, and everything will fall in place."
_____ Lao-Tzu

Thursday's Inspiration

"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These are your greatest treasures.
_____ Lao-Tzu

Monday's Message

"Consider life and death equal, and the intellect is not afraid; consider change as sameness, and clarity is not obscured."
_____ Lao-Tzu

Friday's Inspiration

Lantana blooms and seed head.

"The universe is sacred. You cannot improve it. If you try to change it, you will ruin it. If you try to hold it, you will lose it.
_____ Lao-Tzu