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“Welcome disgrace as a pleasant surprise. Prize calamities as your own body.” Wow! That’s a hard pill to swallow when you’re really ill. Imagine being handed that prescription at your next doctor’s visit. I know. I’ve had to swallow that pill more times than I care to remember while experiencing some type of adversity, some great misfortune that I found myself in. That’s what I found so refreshing about that quote and the readings of the philosophy, Tao. Lao Tzu offers eighty-one of these pills, not for physical illness, but for thought-provoking insight and wisdom, in his book, “TAO TEH CHING.”                 I’ve heard the saying before, “You must rest to sharpen the saw.” This was to imply that one must rest for our bodies from working before it become “dull” … Read entire article »

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