Friday, September 23, 2016

A Minute Meditation


"Don't worry and everything will naturally sort itself out."
                                                                     -- Lao Tzu --
from Taoist Wisdom, September 23

I wonder if this is one of his most misunderstood sayings. 

10 comments:

  1. And when did worrying ever change fate? I learned that from the ancient Greeks.

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  2. R.T.,

    Well, I don't know. I do know, though, that the things I worry about seldom if ever happen. It's usually something I didn't worry about.

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    1. that was one of Mudpuddle's laws that was discovered early on: the things that happen are never the ones you expect...

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  3. Muddlepuddle,

    That law is followed most of the time. Any others you care to share with us?

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    1. when you first start fixing something and grab a wrench, it will always be the wrong one...

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    2. Mudpuddle,

      With me, it's usually a size or a type I don't have.

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    3. we'll call that "Fred's Corollary"

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  4. Fred, Mudpuddle, et al:

    FYI . . . Solitary Praxis has a new name and address:
    http://solitarypraxisrevised.blogspot.com/2016/09/nathaniel-hawthorne-and-solitary-praxis.html

    I hope you will stop by now and then.

    v/r
    Tim

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