The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Bertrand Russel

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Tao

Life is difficult, because

everything can be split in two, but not everything doubled.
we balance what we give, not what we take away.
we can say where something was found, not where it was lost.
here” is one, but “away” is many.
we settle for the path of least resistance, though it is only ourselves we resist.
while we head off for the sun, we forget to embrace our shadows.
we look up in envy or admiration, down with pity or contempt.

we calculate on small advantages, rather than estimating infinities.
we are so scared of ourselves, that we hide from others (locking tiny little monsters in tiny cages).
in “becoming” we're warily trying to focus the future, rather than to be.
we fail to see the ties of experience and time, but search for reasons in circles.
truth is perspective, to argument is to blindfold it.
we understand what we know, not, know what we understand.
we confuse giving with help, and acceptance with recognition.
we treat others as means, not as reasons.
we translate value in prize, not meaning.
we call us good if we do “good”, if we do harm we call it necessity.
a hello is always beginning, not all goodbyes reconciliation.