Goodness gracious what a week! I had always imagined that when days arrive that will change my life, they would be huge and dramatic. Maybe fireworks and heavenly choirs, marching bands and trumpets, a boom or two of thunder and lightning splitting the sky. But what really happened was an unprecedented overwhelming wave of peace,Continue reading “I Close My Eyes and Jump”
Tag Archives: Wu Wei
Trusting the Tao
73 The Tao is always at ease. It overcomes without competing, answers without speaking a word, arrives without being summoned, accomplishes without a plan. Its net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn’t let a thing slip through. From Steven Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching The words aboveContinue reading “Trusting the Tao”
A Pleasant and Scenic Ride
I know that when I’m at one with my Tao, or engaged in the flow, or however you’d like to put it, that things feel easier. I know that right there in the pit of my stomach that it feels good and right. Its a deep and sure and steady feeling of just knowing. AtContinue reading “A Pleasant and Scenic Ride”
Being Reacquainted With a Very Old, Very Good Friend
I love Tai Chi. For some time it’s been very much in the background of life (although never completely gone), and recently it has come back into my sphere of activity, and what a lovely thing it is. I often find myself just going through the moves of the short form in my mind, asContinue reading “Being Reacquainted With a Very Old, Very Good Friend”
Maggie McGinty 