Soul Food

Everybody on earth knowing
that beauty is beautiful
makes ugliness.

Everybody knowing
that goodness is good
makes wickedness.

For being and nonbeing
arise together;
hard and easy
complete each other;
long and short
shape each other;
high and low
depend on each other;
note and voice
make the music together;
before and after
follow each other.

That is why the wise soul
does without doing,
teaches without talking.

The things of this world
exist, they are;
you cannot refuse them.

To bear and not to own;
to act and not lay claim;
to do the work and let it go:
for just letting it go
is what makes it stay.

Lao Tzu--"Tao Te Ching" Translation by Ursula K. Le Guin

Life's Biggest Secrets 2

How to know if you have found your soulmate:

1. If you have to ask, then the answer is probably no.

2. Relationships should NOT be work. Sure, they require effort and patience, but it should not be a grind.

3. If you're with someone who is manipulative or abusive in any way, rest assured that you are not with your soulmate. Break it off as quickly as possible, or else you might never meet your soulmate because you're too busy dealing with an unhealthy relationship.