How to Let Go of Control? - Daily Wisdom #6

How Can I Listen Better? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. Most of us think of ourselves as good listeners, and in some moments perhaps we are. We care. We try to be present. We would never enter a conversation hoping to miss what the other person is trying to say. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Am I Seeing the Whole Story? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. The story we build about another person is often a confession of our own, which is worth remembering the next time one arrives feeling like simple fact. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

How to Live a Softer Life - Taoism

We nearly always confuse strength with hardness, and gentleness with weakness. * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Let Today Be Enough - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to daily wisdom. By the time a day ends, most of us have already quietly judged it. We got somewhere, or we fell behind. And what is striking is how often the verdict is a small no, even after a day that was full. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

The Pace That Belongs to You - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. We are fluent in the language of doing too much, and nearly mute in the language of living at the wrong speed. We know how to say we are busy, stretched, behind. What we rarely learn to name is something quieter and more corrosive: the fatigue of moving, for years, at a rhythm that was never ours. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]