Saturday, July 19, 2008

thought du jour


If you want to shrink something,
You must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something,
You must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something,
You must first allow it to be given.
This is called the subtle perception
Of the way things are.

Tao Te Ching


3 comments:

Marja said...

Excellent I copy this to my computer.

Unknown said...

hey, dana, apologies for any listeners slightly right of centre.... but this image is rather phalic me thinks!!!

awareness said...

Marja...glad you liked it.

Paul....phallic? I concur. you should've seen the one I was going to post however. it was gutterly pornographic. there's nothing as sensuous as an iris in bloom, even for right of centre folks but thought i better uphold some decorum.