A L O H A From Honolulu!
Be like a palm tree by
the ocean that endures
the greatest winds
because it knows how
to gracefully bend.
Stephen Kendrick
🌴
"The Taoist model
spiritual life
after a plant.
A living plant is
tender and pliant,
while a dead plant is
stiff and hard;
One who is with the Tao is
also tender and pliant,
while one who departs from
the Tao is stiff and hard.
The plant kingdom
is a quiet kingdom
that sleeps in beauty;
Taoist quietude is the spiritual
condition for regeneration.
A plant grows at its own pace.
The Taoist allows events to
unfold according to their
inner rhythms; (s)he acts by
non-action (wu-wei), which
is acting with, not against,
the inner rhythms of things.
A plant is always
renewing itself;
the Taoist celebrates
perpetual childhood."
- Ellen M. Chen,
The Tao Te Ching:
A New Translation
with Commentary, 1989
What does it mean if someone is a stiff?
When a person is stiff, they are
artificial and unrelaxed —
unless they're "scared stiff"
or "bored stiff."
A regular guy is
a working stiff.
Another colloquial meaning of stiff is
"to underpay, or to cheat.”
Also, a stiff drink has a lot of alcohol.
A dead body is sometimes
called a stiff, but it's rude.
stiff - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com
The most sophisticated
people I know -
inside they are
all children.
Jim Henson
𐅏𐅑𐅒𐅓𐅔𐅕𐅖𐅗𐅍𐅎𐅊𐅈𐅐Ϡϖϑϕ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
13 comments:
Cool post! Pixie is definitely not a stiff, and neither is our beloved Cloudia!
I try not to be a stiff. Or to stiff anyone.
Pixie looks like she's in a suspicious mood.
The Tao and nature are worthy of study.
Your pics do a marvelous job of reminding me of this.
Many blessings to you this day!
I love them all and I love Pixie. Just so you know I'm a child inside.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. ♥
Reads of Tao today, Cloudia. Nice quotes. Of course, I absolutely LOVE that mural. I don't see it as a stiff, but as running for its like to fix the problem. Love it all today, as I always do Pixie.
Is that a plumbing company logo? If it is, I couldn't find it.
My back is tired from bending! ;-)
good post my Awww Monday Post is finally posted,I was in a blue funk today.
Cute mural Cloudia.
Thanks for participating in Monday Murals.
Such pretty shots!
Thahbnks you for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/10/i-dont-like-that-there.html!
Those trees are amazing!
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