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One day I was having a really bad day at school and I was talking to Mrs. Costello about it. She suggested that I sign up for the Daily Tao that sends a passage a day to your email account. She said that sometimes when she is very stressed out, she reads the emails and it help calms her.
I have never been a spiritual person and I'm not saying I am now. I have never read any sort of teachings that have not made me uncomfortable.
But everyday for the past few weeks, I have been reading a passage and I actually feel as if I am learning something. I don't feel forced into anything. I don't feel akward or out of place as I have with most other religions/teachings. I even almost feel better about myself.
Today has been my favorite passage so far:
BOOK 58 -
When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice.
Thus the Master is content
to serve as an example
and not to impose her will.
She is pointed, but doesn't pierce.
Straightforward, but supple.
Radiant, but easy on the eyes.
Maybe it is possible for me to believe in something.
I have never been a spiritual person and I'm not saying I am now. I have never read any sort of teachings that have not made me uncomfortable.
But everyday for the past few weeks, I have been reading a passage and I actually feel as if I am learning something. I don't feel forced into anything. I don't feel akward or out of place as I have with most other religions/teachings. I even almost feel better about myself.
Today has been my favorite passage so far:
BOOK 58 -
When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice.
Thus the Master is content
to serve as an example
and not to impose her will.
She is pointed, but doesn't pierce.
Straightforward, but supple.
Radiant, but easy on the eyes.
Maybe it is possible for me to believe in something.