Jim Bates

“Love

Embracing Tao, you become embraced.
Supple, breathing gently, you become reborn.
Clearing your vision, you become clear.
Nurturing your beloved, you become impartial.
Opening your heart, you become accepted.
Accepting the World, you embrace Tao.
Bearing and nurturing,
Creating but not owning,
Giving without demanding,
Controlling without authority,
This is love.”
― Laozi, The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao-Te Ching

“Am I weird?"

"Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.”
― Stephen King, The Body

“Mastery is not to control;
but to allow the Tao
to flow freely
through you”
― Leland Lewis, Random Molecular Mirroring

“To slow time down, practice enjoying the moment. It is where we spend our entire lives.”
― Wu Wei, I Ching Wisdom Volume Two: More Guidance from the Book of Answers: 2