When the Shoe Fits...

I have not posted in a while because I have been consumed with work. It is the end of the year for one program and the start of the year for a new program. But more on that later! For now I have been struggling and I sure it is because I have taken my simple focus from where it needs to be.

Today I am exhausted. Exhausted from working hard. Exhausted from saying good bye. Exhausted. But I wanted to post...and then I found this!

When the Shoe Fits is by Chuang Tzu....it is a piece from the talks on Chuang Tzu's stories. And it seems quite fitting right now for me. And maybe for someone else. :-)

More to come from me soon...for now enjoy the following.

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CHU’I THE DRAFTSMAN COULD DRAW MORE PERFECT CIRCLES FREEHAND THAN WITH A COMPASS.


HIS FINGERS BROUGHT FORTH SPONTANEOUS FORMS FROM NOWHERE. HIS MIND WAS MEANWHILE FREE AND WITHOUT CONCERN WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING.


NO APPLICATION WAS NEEDED, HIS MIND WAS PERFECTLY SIMPLE AND KNEW NO
OBSTACLE.


SO, WHEN THE SHOE FITS, THE FOOT IS FORGOTTEN, WHEN THE BELT FITS, THE BELLY IS FORGOTTEN, WHEN THE HEART IS RIGHT, ’FOR’ AND ’AGAINST’ ARE FORGOTTEN.


NO DRIVES, NO COMPULSIONS, NO NEEDS, NO ATTRACTIONS: THEN YOUR AFFAIRS ARE UNDER CONTROL. YOU ARE A FREE MAN.


EASY IS RIGHT. BEGIN RIGHT AND YOU ARE EASY. CONTINUE EASY AND YOU ARE RIGHT. THE RIGHT WAY TO GO EASY IS TO FORGET THE RIGHT WAY AND FORGET THAT THE GOING IS EASY.