Secret of Health

 

The Secret of Health is to be sick of sickness -- 71st verse of Tao Te Ching

LIVE

懂得看破的人不会计较
懂得欣赏的人不会嫉妒
懂得放下的人不会贪心
懂得开心的人不会生气
懂得快乐的人不在意失败
人生未必很累,
看你如何品味?
每天多寻快乐,
烦恼别去理会.
短短数十寒署,
何不潇洒面对!
大家经常联系,
别管电话消费.
闲时发个信息,
伴你开心开胃!

Words

Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him. In court the old man told the Judge: 'They were just comments, didn't harm anyone..' The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man: 'Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and on the way home, throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to hear the sentence.' The next day, the judge told the old man: 'Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.' The old man said: 'I can't do that! The wind spread them and I won't know where to find them.' The judge then replied: 'The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it. If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything. 'Let's all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our words.'

Work

By Kahlil Gibran --

 

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

Let it flow

Witter Bynner, inspired by Lao Tzu's 15th verse of Tao De Ching:

 

"How can a man's life keep its course IF he will not let it flow?

Those who flow as life flows know THEY need no other force:

They feel no wear, they feel no tear,

They need no mending, no repair."

 

 

Journey to Ixtlan

"Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives,and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior who has no personal history, no explanations are needed; nobody is angry or disillusioned with his acts.  And above all, no one pins him down with their thoughts and their expectations."

 

----- Journey to Ixltan, Carlos Castaneda