"Trying to control the future is like trying to take the Master Carpenters place. When you handle the Master Carpenters tools chances are that you'll cut your hand." Tao Te Ching Have you ever noticed that life has a way of doing exactly what it wants to do? That no matter how hard you may try, everything has a way of following its own course, and ending up in a place you never dreamed it would? That no matter how much you may work and struggle to get ev

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them. That only creates sorrow. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Don't interfere with the flow." Lao Tzu I often write about the Taoist practice of Wu Wei; the art of living and moving in the effortless Flow of the Tao (the Universal Intelligence that is doing everything, despite how much you may believe you are in charge). Whenever I speak or write about this very powerful pra

" What exactly are you waiting for? Nothing that could ever happen could be as good, or as precious as what is happening right Now." A. H. Alamas Often we can find ourselves waiting for something extraordinary to happen in our lives. Often, we are not sure exactly what that might be; but we know that we will know it when it happens! Perhaps we dream of doing big things; writing a bestselling novel, climbing Mt. Everest, or perhaps creating something that changes the cou

"The Great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths." Lao Tzu There is a wonderful little Taoist book called the Hua Hu Ching...

"The heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths." Rumi Though we have probably heard that living from the...

"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things...