Harmony

ByThe Dude
“He who is in harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.”
~Confucius (paraphrase, Doctrine of the Mean)~

Some things you can’t force. You can study a river for years and still not understand it the way you do standing at its edge for five quiet minutes.

Harmony isn’t something you work yourself into. It’s something you stop working against.

Stand somewhere big enough today — big enough that your problems shrink back down to their actual size. Let it hit you without trying to figure it out.

The Dude 🐸

Thought for the Day
Some truths you don’t think your way into. You just stand still long enough to feel them.

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