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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 pace of our techno driven lives.

We all need time to pause, reflect and replenish. Only then can we touch inner balance, and the serenity in life.

Namaste

Val T Boyko
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20 responses to “Tao Inspiration – The Path to Serenity”

  1. Lively Life Avatar
    Lively Life

    Delicious to read this morning.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you so much 💐

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  2. Mark Lanesbury Avatar
    Mark Lanesbury

    Great words Val. It was an amazing thing in the beginning, ever trying to get everyone to love me…but it wasn’t until I loved myself that I understood. I didn’t understand how to love until then, all before was just that conditional love, my expectations on everyone else. To finally love me was that freedom I had ever looked for. It is so beautifully created as it is, so we can see it all…and know. Great post kind lady, may we see its light and understand 🤗❤️🙏

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      In the words of Erasure. I love to love you Mark 🥰

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      1. Mark Lanesbury Avatar
        Mark Lanesbury

        And that self adventure of love returned in kind Val 🤗❤️🙏

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          Feeling it .. and bringing it home 💞

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  3. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    Beautiful words of wisdom . As we witness all… and as we learn to navigate with balance, as we let go of that which no longer serves. 💕😍🙏💗

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      So true 💕

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  4. majellalaws Avatar
    majellalaws

    Numerous truths in this.💜

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Let us embrace all that resonates. Thank you 💐🙏🏻💖

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  5. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Amen to that! 🙏🏼 💜

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      💝

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  6. Jet Eliot Avatar
    Jet Eliot

    Breathing it in, Val–thanks so much.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Jet 💐

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  7. Michele Anderson Avatar
    Michele Anderson

    Such a great reminder.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Michele 💐🙏🏻💖

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  8. Dalo 2013 Avatar
    Dalo 2013

    Sigh… the beauty of the Dao and the thoughts that flow when reading Lao Zi’s words. Reminds me to slow down, take it all in, and enjoy the serenity. Thank you, Val, for this post.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Randall for joining me in the wisdom of Tao. 💐

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  9. teditales Avatar
    teditales

    Absolutely love this!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks so much 💐

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