A Tao reading
I was prepping for yoga and this was the reading i stumbled upon:
ACCEPTANCE
Achieve a difficult feat today by doing something simple: accept everything in your world exactly as it is.
If this does not sound like a difficult feat, then think about all people who rail against the way things are. They complain bitterly because they want things to be different. Sometimes, they regret having done one thing or another; other times, they feel resentment against something that has been done to them. Either way, they expend tremendous emotional energy on the past, which no power in heaven or Earth can change.
In the Tao, accepting reality does not mean being complacent or suppressing one’s natural desire to make improvements. It simply means we do not waste our resources in raging against an unjust fate. Instead, we direct them into the work of creating a better reality, one that is more meaningful and satisfying.
The Tao Today
Demonstrate your own acceptance of the way things are by minimizing your complaints. Save that energy for later use. Establish your foundation of calmness and consider ways to build on the reality that you have accepted in its present form. Map out a course of action while others are still busy venting their effective Tao at work.
