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Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to be happening this way,’ and trying harder to make it happen some other way.

Benjamin Hoff

The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don’t look clearly and objectively at situations, they don’t recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.
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Believe Play Risk
Well, it takes all kinds to make a mess.
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Kind Order Wells
“What’s that?” the Unbeliever asked. “Wisdom from the Western Taoist,” I said. “It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh,” he said. “It is,” I said. “That’s not about Taoism,” he said. “Oh, yes it is,” I said.
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Sound Taoism Wisdom Words
One sometimes gets the impression that those intimidating words are there to keep us from understanding. That way, the scholars can appear Superior, and will not likely be suspected of Not Knowing Something.
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Knowing Understanding Way
Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.
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Pooh Simple Simplicity Tao
Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you’ve got.
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Cheer Up Want
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It’s just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.
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Dull Information Way
When we give up our images of self-importance and our ideas of what should be, we can help things become what they need to be.
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Give Up Ideas Self
Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.
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Loneliness People Spiritual
Those who think that the rewarding things in life are somewhere over the rainbow ‘burn their toast a lot,’ said Pooh
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Life Rainbow Things Thinking
Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
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Experience Knowledge Language Speak
Reality is what one makes it. And the more negative reality one nurtures and creates, the more of it one has.
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Negative Nurture Reality
Through working in harmony with life’s circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.
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Appreciation Perspective Understanding
But isn’t the knowledge that comes from experience more valuable than the knowledge that doesn’t? It seems fairly obvious to some of us that a lot of scholars need to go outside and sniff around – walk through the grass, talk to the animals. That sort of thing.
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Animal Needs Pooh Tao
Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.
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Dog Inspiring Love Problem
When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don’t belong.
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Belong Job Respect Tao

Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to be happening this way,’ and trying harder to make it happen some other way.

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Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to be happening this way,’ and trying harder to make it happen some other way.

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