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Not Knowing Stress At All

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Heaven and Earth are everlasting. Heaven and Earth do not pursue a purpose or try to find its path. Silently and steadfastly accepting each of their positions in the universe as it is. Obeying day and night. Allowing seasons to come and go without anguish, fear or stress. The wise do not hold fixed ideas. The harder we try to force things to go our way, the bigger the onslaught of dead ends and feeling of hopelessness grows. Poisoning our minds and souls. We can avoid spending energy in futility and accomplish more by using the tide of each day to take each of us to where we need to go. By giving up, we gain and become more and by holding on, we squander and become less. Losing the gift of living by challenging our being to the core that slowly unwrap the steadfast beauty from within. Imagine not knowing stress at all….

Heaven and Earth are everlasting.
Heaven and Earth do not pursue a purpose;
or try to find its path.
Silently and steadfastly accepting
each its position in the universe.
Obeying day and night.
Allowing seasons to come and go without anguish, fear or stress.

 

Do not hold fixed ideas about yourself or life.
The harder we try to force things to go our way,
the bigger the onslaught of dead ends and feeling of hopelessness grows.
Poisoning our minds and souls.
We can avoid spending energy in futility
and accomplish more by using the tide of each day
to take us to where we need to go.

 

By giving up, we gain and become more
and by holding on, we squander and become less.
Losing the gift of living by challenging our being to the core
that slowly reveal the steadfast beauty from within.

 

Imagine not knowing stress at all….
Hopealley
Inspired by the Tao Te Ching: Chapter 7 and 8

You Can Enjoy a Happy Life if You Accept….

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You can enjoy a happy life if you accept that adversity; pain and grief are natural parts of being. Take action to address injuries, insults and injustices while they are emerging and developing because what is small and sprouting can be corrected easily with little effort and disturbance. Do not obsess to maintain order otherwise disorder will grow in magnitude. Take one step at a time. Life is not about what should or should not be. If you get caught up in fear, desire and the instinct to survive you will give up everything for an idealized life that always remains unreachable. Depriving you of an authentic self. Survival is only temporary. Today is all you have, live it joyfully. Do not attach an emotional importance to a goal. It will become the source of doubt; anxiety, stress and worry. Transforming it into a looming and distant dream. Instead detach from the outcome; a goal is not an ultimate destination. It is a direction; start walking towards it. Whatever you think the prerequisites are to enjoy a happy life, is the source of your disappointments; regrets and sorrows. The more you hold onto the image of an ideal life the more flawed your life will seem. and the unhappier you will become. Do not react to the world or the people around you. Connect with happiness and let it guide your actions. Life is a dynamic process and mistakes are a natural growing process. Resist the urge to intervene. What you think is “good” stem from your own biases; desires and fears. As you grow; evolve and let go, the world transforms and changes. Greed will undeniably ruin your life. Refrain from obsessively holding unto anything. Be attentive throughout each phase of the journey and prevent misfortune and unintended consequences. Nothing is pertinent or permanent. Happiness is an inner state of being. It does not depend upon the outside world. You can enjoy a happy life. ~ inspired by Chapter 64 of the Toa Te Ching. HopeAlley

You can enjoy a happy life
if you accept that adversity; pain and grief
are natural parts of being.

 

Take action to address injuries, insults and injustices
while they are emerging and developing
because what is small and sprouting
can be corrected easily with little effort and disturbance.
Do not obsess to maintain order
otherwise disorder will grow in magnitude.

 

Take one step at a time.
Life is not about what should or should not be.
If you get caught up in fear, desire and the instinct to survive
you will give up everything for an idealized life
that always remains unreachable.
Depriving you of an authentic self.

 

Survival is only temporary.
Today is all you have, live it joyfully.
Do not attach an emotional importance to a goal.
It will become the source of doubt; anxiety, stress and worry.
Transforming it into a looming and distant dream.
Instead detach from the outcome; a goal is not an ultimate destination.
It is a direction; start walking towards it.

 

Whatever you think the prerequisites are to enjoy a happy life,
is the source of your disappointments; regrets and sorrows.
The more you hold onto the image of an ideal life
the more flawed your life will seem.
and the unhappier you will become.

 

Do not react to the world or the people around you.
Connect with happiness and let it guide your actions.
Life is a dynamic process and mistakes are a natural growing process.
Resist the urge to intervene.
What you think is “good” stem from your own biases; desires and fears.
As you grow; evolve and let go, the world transforms and changes.

 

Greed will undeniably ruin your life.
Refrain from obsessively holding unto anything.
Be attentive throughout each phase of the journey
to prevent misfortune and unintended consequences.
Nothing is pertinent or permanent.

 

Happiness is an inner state of being.
It does not depend upon the outside world.
You can enjoy a happy life.
HopeAlley

Inspired by Chapter 64 of the Toa Te Ching