Like muddy water with mystery below the surface.
Can you wait until the mud settles and the way becomes clear?
Can you be patient enough to hold off acting until you are ready?*
~ Lao Tzu
Let us all listen out for that right time and trust it will appear.
*Braun Jr., John; Tzu, Lao; von Bargen, Julian; Warkentin, David (2012-12-02). Tao Te Ching (Kindle Locations 262-264). . Kindle Edition.
Find Your Middle Ground 
This was one of the quotes Joe asked me to print so he could hang it on his wall. Today he would have been 65. Such a loss.
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We are all connected Rikki. His spirit lives on in the memories and in your heart. 💕
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This is so wise, yet the turbulence is what can draw you in.
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Thank you Maria. Yes, it is all too easy to be drawn into the storm!
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The pathway to clarity is how I read this. Once again, profoundly wise advice. Too many years ago for me to remember who it was that used the phrase that echoes this ancient saying. But the phrase has never left me. About giving something “a coating or two of thought”.
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I like this perspective Paul. Thank you for adding to the conversation 💛
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Wise words. It takes most of us a lifetime to understand. 💕
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Wise words Van! Thank you 💛
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This is great advice . . . especially for procrastinators. 😉
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Agreed Nancy! I expect procrastinators will appreciate this perspective. 😎
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With patience in stillness the mud always clears. Lovely Val 🙏🏻
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Thank you Karen for sharing your wisdom here 💕
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I am not always patient. I want to fix things now, act now and know what will happen. But I do try to be patient – thanks for the reminder to wait for clear water.
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Thank you C. When we want to make things happen in our own way, it’s so easy to keep the waters stirred up. 💛
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Wonderful wisdom. Thank you.
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Wonderful wisdom, Val! Very timely for me now too, have been impatient about something lately. Thanks ❤
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Glad it was timely for you Helen ☺️
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Hmmm. The way I see this is the muddy water says, “not just yet, let me put a little more into play first”. The the water gets clear. 🙂
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I like your point of view!
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Patience is my lesson in life, getting there slowly, waiting patiently for patience to be a natural occurrence for me Val.
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I agree Kath. It takes practice to find our way into this natural state of being. And acknowledging that trying to control everything is not the natural way after all! ❤️
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