Category: Tao

Commitment (repost from 2005)

Maxfield Parrish, The Lute Players 1922 Maiden plucks folk tune on steel strings, Crickets chant like […]

The Joy of Service

“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself […]

Appreciation (repost, with updates)

YiXing Teapots’ Great Grandmother In all the stories of the origin of YiXing teapots, only this […]

Matrix (repost from 2005, with updates)

Susan Kaprov, Puzzle Matrix This fragile body Is matrix For mind and soul. We cannot afford […]

Sorrow (repost from 2005, with some updates)

Van Gogh, Sorrow, 1882 Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take […]

Breakthrough (repost)

Autumn Wind in Gemstone Trees, Tang Dynasty, China In late summer, heaven’s breath is damply hot. […]

Trustworthy

“People are good and trustworthy and generally just concerned with getting through the day,” Newmark says. […]

Freestyle

Haven’t been writing much, so just wanted to get some thoughts down today. I’ve felt a […]

Optimism

Optimism More and more I have come to admire resilience. Not the simple resistance of a […]

How (Bad) Process Creates Crisis

As someone whose focus in life has continuously moved towards understand process work and process change, […]