Gusting winds come and go.
Heavy rains don't persist.
Earth is lumpy and things are scattered,
Everything has a lifespan, everything dies.
Why do we think ourselves eternal?
If you understand the idea behind the tao,
You know you are part of it.
Act virtuously, and goodness becomes part of you.
Lose sight of this, and you are lost.
When you welcome this paradox,
you will be embraced by eternity.
That balance will be there, inside.
Accept mortality,
Knowing nothing is lost.
Trust completely, and be trusted with everything.
Gyromancy. A kind of divination performed by walking round in a circle or ring until one fell from dizziness, the direction of the fall being of significance.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1963. p. 425.
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:-) I love the first two stanzas, especially.
Yes, Dale had said what i wanted to say, I'm now vigorously nodding my head in agreement.
Is Restricted Affect normal? I think I may have found the term that describes me to some degree.
When I was a kid I practiced gyromancy. I didn't again until I had kids, and since I've had kids I've done it again.
Good stuff to remember when you are standing in a thunderstorm.
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