What is left to a heart after it battles and contends? What is left to say when words wound and pierce another's heart? And what lasting joy can come from a victory where another's peace is broken?
We are a mirror to each other. We come from the same loving Source. When we wound and when we lay waste to another by our words or actions, we wound ourselves and taste the ashes of hollow victory.
The Way of the Tao is peace. The only enemy is within ourselves when we harbor hatred and discord.
Day by day I seek to understand the source of resentments and disquiet within myself. The need to right petty injustices subsides as I grow in understanding. There is strength in peace not in domination. Mastery comes slowly. Each day a lesson to be learned, gifts of the Tao-based life.
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