Bad fortune is what good fortune leans on;
good fortune is what bad fortune hides in.
Who knows the ultimate end of this process?
~
We run with a sense of impermanence - no moment is
solid in true perception. Our stride become a flow
through time and every step a subtle
pause in possibilities.
Nothing is more than what we make of it.
Don't run with a solid sense of time. What we feel within a given moment, what we experience in the state we hold as now - won't last. The dread at the bottom of an endless hill soon becomes the triumphant pause at the very top. Tired legs become refreshed in the magic of an instant and thirst abated in a single drop. And too the magic fades. Our victories crumble with the very next hill. Yet we're wiser now. We flow through time with an awareness that each moments holds a painful truth as well as the key to freedom. We face time and miles with an exquisite curiosity of a child and the wisdom of an elder who knows that all things too must pass.
Peace,
Eric
Portion of The Tao Te Ching translated by Wayne Dyer
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