Super cold (20's) out this morning. The slushy wet snow completely froze overnight. It's an ice skating rink out there. Yep, it's time to migrate to NSB!! I'm stagging and packing this morning;^)
I practiced upstairs in the loft this morning looking south down Beaver Meadow and East Hill. This morning I'm contemplating poem #63 (below) before I start my warm ups, standing meditation, Bagua Zhang and T'ai Chi Ch'uan practices.
Tao Te Ching
*Lao Tsu
*Translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
Sixty-Three
Practice non-action.
Work without doing.
Taste the tasteless.
Magnify the small, increase the few.
Reward bitterness with care.
See simplicity in the complicated.
Achieve greatness in little things.
In the universe the difficult things are done as if they are easy.
In the universe great acts are made up of small deeds.
The sage does not attempt anything very big.
And thus achieves greatness.
Easy promises make for little trust.
Taking things lightly results in great difficultly.
Because the sage always confronts difficulties,
He never experiences them.