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
Find Your Middle Ground 
Wonderful post, especially on a Monday morning. Thank you, Val.
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Thanks for that bit of wisdom, Val.
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Such wise words, Val. It’s fascinating how “trying too hard” often gets us the opposite of what we want.
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Hear, hear! ❤
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I hear you Eliza 💛
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Just saw you dropped off my notifications …. thought you were on vacation!
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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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Indeed so simple yet not so easy – lovely reminder as always appreciated having it.
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Thank you PD 💛🙏💛
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Well said!
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Thanks Nancy 💛
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The world expects you to be enslaved to technology. Well said!
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Thank you Mark 💛
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Lovely and simple but so true!
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Thank you Michelle 💛
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wonderful post.
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Important reminder…thank you. 🙏🏻
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Just perfect right now in this moment! Thanks, Val. Many sweet blessings to you. ❤
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Thank you dear Lorrie. Blessing to you 💛
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