Lesson #4 Be Patient Should a lord of ten thousand chariots treat himself more lightly than he treats the whole world? Too light: you lose your foundation Too restless: you lose your mastery. -Tao Te Ching #26 When we wait for something we anticipate what comes next. We stand restless on the edge of the […]
Lesson #3 Be Consistent — Be Humble Do not-doing; manage affairs with effortless effort. Know by not-knowing; savor the flavor of the unadulterated. Great or small, many or few— repay wrongs with rightness. Deal with the difficult through the easy: work on the great when it’s small, on the hardest task when it’s uncomplicated. The […]
Lesson #2 Do Something “We may shrink a bit in the face of the vastness of the sea, but we can rely on the water being wet, on the ocean’s ability to hold up whatever floats, and on the wind pervading everywhere.” – R.M. Rosenbaum The essence of farming is making decisions in the face […]
Lesson #1 – Do Nothing Manipulative action fails of itself; clutching control, it slips from your grasp. Things sometimes move forward, or follow behind. life blows hot and blows cold, strong and weak, firm and soft, getting on, getting off, rising up, falling down. Sages let go of over-doing, are not caught by extremes. – […]