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Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand. ---Dan Fogelberg

two dancers inside the sands of time, coming out it makes the dance more

He wanted to be a better manBut life kicked him down like an old tin canHe would give you the shirt on his backIf not for a sugartooth ---Brandi Carlile

Just behind the eyes Whispers of the universe, ziran song unfolds

I had to read you several times before I got it! Yes, defensive would be a yin activity, but, the goal is the balance, relaxation and love even while being required to be aggressive. We won't always get it right, but, the trying saves our humanity.

Shiro Tsujimura b. 1947

once again, anew towards possum, shrew and crow living with the trees

Dark deep space again then an explosion of light once again, anew

Produced life to all Emerging from dawn's embrace, Newborn star rises

Old me jumps with joy Wind’s song lifts the ancient boughs, Nature’s dance begins.

The invisible Guides us through the seen and felt, not as the crow flies

Hidden mount in clouds One summit reached, eyes lifted Journey never ends

I thought likely and thank you for the good quote!

Please stop cherry-picking. Quote entire comment so that context is shown. I think you may be trying to soften things and of course Master Logray is right above you, but, always quote with full context, anyway---it is important. I thank you now and in advance.

Wu wei flows through me Nature’s path, with ease and peace Still whispers guide me

Camelot, within A whisper through ancient pines Nature’s quiet court

We all have two entities in us; one lures us with the seemingly easier path of self-deception, selfishness and ego. The other one gently whispers the seemingly harder path of love, caring and calm. The heart grows or shrinks depending on which one you nourish the most.

in or out, the same Through life’s door, and death’s embrace a quest to center

Two ice cubes kissing Summer melts their fleeting touch, echoes in water

it changes the dance of many frogs jumping in splish, sound of water (an aside: my great respect for Matsuo Basho)

You are fast! I edited to a more moderate tone in about 30 seconds but, you caught the first edition of my post

I think that positive, non-personal debate, and if needed, the moderator of this site or silence, are better options than stirring up personal animosities. Negative triggers is why I left this site for over two years.

Walking in the woods on a rainy day, taking a cold shower, planting trees, walking through a field while a hawk screeches above, listening to the delighted laughter of small children, petting a dog who is leaning against you in an effort to comfort itself and you, (unstructured, gentle, slow, staggered breathing relaxing while you do creative stretching and instinctively feel the gentle spontaneous way of relieving your aches, pains and tightness, with almost no effort), walking knee deep in a cold stream while the sun beats down on you, letting rich thick fertile loam trickle through your fingers while lightly breathing its' musk, holding a dying person's hand in their last moments and reassuring them that they are not alone and you see the comfort you helped create. Letting yourself cry without guilt or shame.

Conscious grounding is the seeking of your own personal balance. Of all techniques and ways. grounding has the greatest benefits with the least downside. Seek it out when you feel in distress.

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