I kicked it all off today with HerMajesty Abby and #73 and then Loyce aske me for a number and I chose #71 then Ashley came up for #4 which I read last night with Andee Scarantino on a phone call, so that was cool. I wrapped up with Krisitina and at the end of that I was informed I was incorrect about when I was supposed to pick up my mother from the airport and had to make a quick dash to O'Hare.
#4
The Tao is like a well:
used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void:
filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God.
#64
What is rooted is easy to nourish.
What is recent is easy to correct.
What is brittle is easy to break.
What is small is easy to scatter.
Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm
at the end as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.
#71
If you know
what you don't know,
you're doing great.
If you don't know
what you don't know,
you're sick.
The only way
to get rid of that sickness
is to be sick of it.
The Masters aren't sick,
because they got sick of being sick.
#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.
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