Open Reminders

I know better than to make resolutions. For me they have been little more than momentary declarations of good intentions. Followed quickly on by first slivers then planks of guilt as each well intentioned point of resolve fades away...

So instead I thought I would make a list of reminders.

1. I am busted and broken, not perfect. To believe any part to the contrary is to set myself up for disappointment.
2. I don't dance... I am simple and blunt. In matters of the heart I am to the point.
3. ...and I don't do magic. The wondrous and curious events that might occur around me are not of my doing.
4. I have what I need. "Hence always rid yourself of desires in order to observes its secrets;"
5. I do not have what I want. "But always allow yourself to have desires in order to observe its manifestations."

The quotes for 4 and 5 are from the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Author), D. C. Lau (Translator)

Chapter 1

The way that can be spoken of
Is not the constant way;
The name that can be named
Is not the constant name.

The nameless was the beginning of heaven and earth;
The named was the mother of the myriad creatures.

Hence always rid yourself of desires in order to observes its secrets;
But always allow yourself to have desires in order to observe its manifestations.

These two are the same
But diverge in name as they issue forth.
Being the same they are called mysteries,
Mystery upon mystery -
The gateway of the manifold secrets.