Stopping.


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 Stopping.



Lao Tzu says this to us, "We must all know when to stop. Knowing when to stop keeps trouble at bay."

How easy it is to get so caught up in the things that we love and enjoy that we can, without even noticing, forget to stop. To stop and take stock of what it is exactly we are trying to achieve. To stop and examine just exactly what it is we are doing. It is very simple to believe that because we have always done something a certain way that this is the only way that things can, in fact, be done. To stop and consider is never ever anything but positive.

Every creative person has to learn that there comes a time in everything they do, to step back and consider if they have reached the stage where doing anymore, rather than it is helping it may, in fact, make matters worse.

Again, Lao Tzu says, " Everything that comes from Tao has to be named. Once everything has its name, there is no need to go on naming."

How often we spend fruitless time doing things that we know could easily be left undone. If everybody took some time to consider their actions, their words, and the time given to self and to others the world would be a far better place.

The world would become almost a place of peace, paradise and contentment. This may indeed be something that we will never live to see but if we begin with ourselves such could be a reality. 

The path of life stretches out before us, but it is wise to remember it does not all need to be walked in a day. Learn this and indeed the law of life would be written in our hearts.


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