Why Good Changes Can Still Hurt - Taoism

Softness is not weakness - Taoism

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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]

When Life Moves Slower than Wanted

Welcome back to daily wisdom. We can accept slowness more easily when we have chosen it. A slow walk, a slow morning, a slow conversation. But when the thing we want is delayed, when healing takes longer, when a project grows slowly, when clarity arrives in fragments, when change happens unevenly, slowness can begin to feel like resistance. It can feel as if life is withholding something from us. 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]

What Are You Saving Time For? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to daily wisdom. We speak about saving time as if time were something we could keep somewhere. We say we gain time, lose time, spend time, waste time, invest time. These expressions are useful, and in some ways they are true. Time matters. It is limited. The way we use our days shapes the life we eventually live. 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]