How to Stop Trying So Hard? - Daily Wisdom #7

Discipline Without Forcing - Taoism

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What Does Kindness Give Back? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. We have moved from seeing more of another person's story, to listening past their words, to imagining our way into their world, to choosing a response instead of firing off a reaction. All of it has been leaning toward one simple thing, the plain willingness to be good to another human being. So I want to end on a question we rarely stop to ask about that. What does kindness give back? More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Respond Instead of React - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to daily wisdom. You know the moment. A message arrives with the wrong tone, or someone says the thing that finds your sore spot, and before a single clear thought has formed, the heat is already up and the sharp reply is already writing itself. You hit send, or you say it aloud, and some part of you knows even as it happens that this is not your best self talking. It is fast, it feels like honesty, and it is often the least wise version of you that exists. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Can I See Through Another's Eyes ? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome Back to Daily Wisdom. Each of us moves through life inside a world built from our own history, our fears, the things that once hurt us and the ones we are still hoping for. A word that means nothing to you can land on someone's oldest wound, and a small kindness you barely noticed can be the thing that holds their whole day together. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

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]