Feet on the Ground
Head in the Clouds
Hands in the World helping to make it a better place…
balance
Tao Te Ching 23
Express yourself completely,
then keep quiet.
Be like the forces of nature:
when it blows, there is only wind;
when it rains, there is only rain;
when the clouds pass, the sun shines through.
If you open yourself to the Tao,
you are at one with the Tao
and you can embody it completely.
If you open yourself to insight,
you are at one with insight
and you can use it completely.
If you open yourself to loss,
you are at one with loss
and you can accept it completely.
Open yourself to the Tao,
then trust your natural responses;
and everything will fall into place.
Finding the Place
Need to spend more time
in the sun
with breaths of fresh air
where there’s plenty of space
where noones in a race
except the kids playing on the lawn
or the deer over yonder with her fawn.
maybe not as far as voluntary simplicity
but certainly away from the big city
brief moments and stretches in passing there
but returning back where the focus is care
where love and life thrive with ease
where you feel a caress from the breeze
where life is slower and can be enjoyed
where love and energy are always employed
like waving as you pass along
where it feels so right and you sing a song
a place where everything is fresh
and you feel at your best
where that is common among the rest
downhome love and acceptance
with wider expansions and the will for the present
where being good in all things important
the feelings, not the things ride the current
of now and whats right here
I’m not there right now, but the time is near.