Page 23
There’s a challenge making the rounds at DD now to take the book nearest to you right now, as you are reading this, open it to page 23, and post the fifth line in your diary. Here’s mine.
From Lao Tzu Tao te Ching, A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way
– Ursula LeGuin
Page 23:
Nothing and Not
Nature doesn’t make long speeches.
A whirlwind doesn’t last all morning.
A cludburst doesn’t last all day.
Who makes the wind and rain?
Heaven and earth do.
If heaven and earth don’t go on and on,
certainly people don’t need to.
The people who work with Tao
are Tao people,
they belong to the Way.
People who work with power
belong to power.
People who work with loss
belong to what’s lost.
Give yourself to the Way
and you’ll be at home on the Way.
Give yourself to power
and you’ll be at home in power.
Give yourself to loss
and when you’re lost you’ll be at home.
To give no trust
is to get no trust.
A bed and breakfast place maybe? But yeah, you’d better hurry up!
i wish my cats were more lazy…
they seem to be finding lots of trouble to get into.
i know how you feel re: uprooting. my lucky bamboo wasn’t so lucky and died. i’ll have to get another one.
*cough* Come to the Quad Cities in Illinois *cough*
I like Toxicepiphany’s suggestion of a B&B. I am rather partial to them and stay in them when I got to Ireland, etc. You get homey touches and BREAKFAST. How can you beat that?
*smacks forehead* That must have been a Freudian slip. I meant MiracleWhip’s suggestion since you are going to western N.Y. but I rather like Toxic’s suggestion, too, as then I could see you, too 😀
Why not go up to NYC for the weekend and catch a show or two?
I hear The Boy From OZ is great!!!
;^D
Alli
Your comment about your cat just made me laugh. How I am sure the Grey Menace loved little spidey until the end…LOL Made me think wonder though what those cats think about. I decided to hunt down some humor. Check out a Cat’s diary.
http://www.furnation.com/humor/catdiary.htm
To funny!
By the way, you might want to check out Expedia.com or priceline.com to find a decent hotel rate.
Well good luck and Have a great day!
Butterfly
Niagara Falls?
Finger Lakes wine country?
What else is out there?
Art Park (outdoor art exhibits and theater) in Lewiston,NY was always a lot of fun. When there wasn’t an allday cludburst that is. 😉
The thing to eat in Western New York (other than Buffalo Wings, of course) is Roast Beef on ‘Weck (Kimmelweck bun.) And Grape Pie. And fruit from all those other orchards along Lake Ontario. I’m gettin’ hungry. See ya!
How about a quick trip downunder???
Think about the fact you *gain* a day, giving you a longer weekend…..
well, ok that works one way only. But pooeeeeeee to details.
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