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Tao Inspiration – The Path to Serenity

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.

~ Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching (Perennial Classics) . Harper Perennial. Kindle Edition.

“Do your work, then step back”. So simple, yet not easy to do when we are caught up in demanding jobs and the chaotic busyness of our techno driven lives.

We all need time to pause, reflect and replenish.Only then will we find true balance and the serenity in life.

Namaste

19 responses to “Tao Inspiration – The Path to Serenity”

  1. Jet Eliot Avatar
    Jet Eliot

    Wonderful post, especially on a Monday morning. Thank you, Val.

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  2. Dan Antion Avatar
    Dan Antion

    Thanks for that bit of wisdom, Val.

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  3. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Such wise words, Val. It’s fascinating how “trying too hard” often gets us the opposite of what we want.

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  4. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Hear, hear! ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      I hear you Eliza 💛

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    2. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Just saw you dropped off my notifications …. thought you were on vacation!

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      1. Eliza Waters Avatar
        Eliza Waters

        I would have loved to have been on a long vacation! 😀 I often wonder about WP gremlins dropping us off lists and sticking our comments in spam folders. 😉

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  5. Infinite Living Avatar
    Infinite Living

    Indeed so simple yet not so easy – lovely reminder as always appreciated having it.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you PD 💛🙏💛

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  6. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    Well said!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Nancy 💛

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  7. Mark Kerry Avatar
    Mark Kerry

    The world expects you to be enslaved to technology. Well said!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Mark 💛

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  8. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    Lovely and simple but so true!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Michelle 💛

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  9. Atifa. Avatar
    Atifa.

    wonderful post.

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  10. Carrie Cannady Avatar
    Carrie Cannady

    Important reminder…thank you. 🙏🏻

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  11. lorriebowden Avatar
    lorriebowden

    Just perfect right now in this moment! Thanks, Val. Many sweet blessings to you. ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you dear Lorrie. Blessing to you 💛

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My name is Val Boyko, a dual citizen living near Philadelphia, originally from Scotland.

This blog came to life one morning in 2013.  I woke up with these words in my mind:  “Life is a series of highs and lows. Be grateful for the highs. Be graceful in the lows. And find contentment in your Middle Ground.”

Find Your Middle Ground blog started to explore, reflect, ask deep questions, share insights about awakening, and connect with wonderful people like yourself. Thank you for being here and being such an inspiration.

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