Timing
It is easy to hold what is still stable.
It is easy to mold what is not yet formed.
It is easy to shatter what is still fragile.
It is easy to scatter
What is yet light and small.
Therefore, act now rather than wait.
Get things done before it is too late.
A huge tree
That you can’t get your arms around
Grows from a tiny seedling birth.
A tower of nine stories high
Rises from a small heap of earth.
A thousand mile journey
Begins with one step.
This is an ancient tale
Those who procrastinate,
Or act prematurely, fail.
Those who interfere in processes
Disrupt them.
Those who hold tightly to possessions
Lose everything.
Wise people succeed
Because they never force an outcome.
They never suffer a loss
Because they are not attached to anything.
Some succeed in gathering assets.
But when the stakes begin to sail,
And greed crashes
Through all cautionary boundaries,
Failures unmercifully prevail
Wise people don’t accumulate possessions,
Or teach anyone to amass things.
They devote themselves
To the natural rhythms
That the Great Integrity brings.
Verse 64
Photo; Rose Nebula
It is easy to hold what is still stable.
It is easy to mold what is not yet formed.
It is easy to shatter what is still fragile.
It is easy to scatter
What is yet light and small.
Therefore, act now rather than wait.
Get things done before it is too late.
A huge tree
That you can’t get your arms around
Grows from a tiny seedling birth.
A tower of nine stories high
Rises from a small heap of earth.
A thousand mile journey
Begins with one step.
This is an ancient tale
Those who procrastinate,
Or act prematurely, fail.
Those who interfere in processes
Disrupt them.
Those who hold tightly to possessions
Lose everything.
Wise people succeed
Because they never force an outcome.
They never suffer a loss
Because they are not attached to anything.
Some succeed in gathering assets.
But when the stakes begin to sail,
And greed crashes
Through all cautionary boundaries,
Failures unmercifully prevail
Wise people don’t accumulate possessions,
Or teach anyone to amass things.
They devote themselves
To the natural rhythms
That the Great Integrity brings.
Verse 64
Photo; Rose Nebula
2 comments:
mmmm this is going to require more
... soaking in! Although I agree with not holding on.....Thanks! :)
Okay, Katie. Let me see, you have the abilities to put everything that is important to on on a pack horse and move on. So obviously you do not accumulate "stuff" for the sake of having. I would then say you are a wise person. Or am I missing some things you have added in "secret?"
Thanks for stopping by and stay for a "soaking in" as long as you desire.
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