2013 JOURNEYS

 

A NEW YEAR-A NEW BEGINNING

By Doc Lawrence

I like learning from the wiser and more experienced. Those who journeyed have much to offer. The best are usually quiet and inaccessible. They require that I approach and ask for wisdom. Then listen.

“In the beginning, all things are hopeful.  We prepare ourselves to start anew.  Though we may be intent on the magnificent journey ahead, all things are contained in this first moment: our optimism, our faith, our resolution, our innocence.

In order to start, we must make a decision.  This decision is a commitment to daily self-cultivation.  We must make a strong connection to our inner selves.  Outside matters are superfluous.  Alone and naked, we negotiate all of life's travails.  Therefore, we alone must make something of ourselves, transforming ourselves into the instruments for experiencing the deepest spiritual essence of life.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to use.  Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation.  They are a response.  It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive. In the same way, once we choose to commit ourselves to spiritual practice, even the mountains and valleys will reverberate to the sound of our purpose.”

                                                        Deng Ming-Dao, 365 TAO

I will travel, learn, expand and even write a book. If I’m lucky, I’ll meet you along the road.