Human Beings Or Doings?We spend a lot of our time doing things, don’t we? And we often identify with what we do. In fact, if we’re not careful, we can let ourselves be defined by it. Others expect this too. When we meet someone new, they will most li...

Put Things In Order “Prevent trouble before it arises. Put things in order before they exist.” (Lao Tzu) Most of the time, the Tao Te Ching reminds us that thought tends to get in the way. This is because it separates us from the present mo...

Seek the PatternThe car cut me off. Just pushed into my lane without even slowing down. I had to brake. I was annoyed. I live near a bridge and the traffic sometimes gets heavy. What’s more, two lanes merge into one as you approach the bridge itself....

Be Simply Yourself “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” (Lao Tzu) How often we think comparison and competition is the way to win respect. Do we think others won’t look up to...

Changing Our Minds“Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof” (John Kenneth Galbraith). So true, isn’t it? Of course, I’d like to think it doesn’t apply to me...