TaoBee

LOL!! Thank you gentlemen for my first laugh of the day

Looks yummy! Are there beans in the middle? In Japan, we have cakes with sweet beans in the middle. Nom nom!!

Yummmmmmm...........Chocolate!!!

Internet at hand, Oh the things to behold in; information land.

I have every intention of changing jobs to one with less responsibility, stress and naturally money...in hopefully 18 months or so! I think that centering yourself on the Tao in a work environment is both helpful and difficult. Corporate America is about money, status and power. As both a human and a Taoist, I am not. I thought being in the industry I am in, the money, status and power issue would be less...I was wrong.

Thank you for sharing...Awesome!

You need an emoticon with a crown on it. Of course you have to be able to knock the crown askew on those days when things just aren't quite right!! Which means I need one with bee wings ( with a broken wing for those days when I don't quite fly right!!) Buzz!!

Me too!!

Good Morning! For me, this book was very important. I am not sure why this particular one struck me on delving further into the TTC but it did. I am not personally a huge fan of Dr. Dyers other motivational type stuff, but this one is important. I enjoyed reading the TTC along with Dyer's essay that goes along with the chapters. It helped me to one really become interested, two start to learn about the TTC. It also opened up pathways within me to change and grow. I like the John C.H. Wu translation I carry a copy with me-my darling husband gave me a copy recently. Peace and Love!

Eloquence is overrated sometimes All that matters is you share when you feel the need! Welcome!

Good Morning KK- I have worked with Asperger's patients before...tough stuff. You being there for her still and being there for the children is both important and loving Peace and Love <3

Hey no one told me we were doing tongue twisters!! Wow...I wish I could even begin to sound that out How cool!! Finnish..Never have heard that out loud to my knowledge. German yes..having been stationed there a 100 years ago.

Exactly!!

I love making/creating...via art and sewing!! Its so freeing for me. For me the sex+love connection is very important. And what it is it with guys in any culture that think its okay to behave that way? When I first came to the States, and went to San Francisco to Chinese New Years parade...I think my poor bum was bruised by the end of the night!!! Sheesh!

Having grown up in Japan...I've seen the men sit on the trains reading their manga comics and other magazines. They also have this tendency to grope women while were all jammed on the train. So IMO I think between the crazy porn and the sly groping they are repressed sexually. Well then again, I think they are repressed in a lot of ways. I am not surprised to hear a line like that..given some lines that I am sure many women have heard in our lives!!! Peace and Love! <3

Why finances of course! Isn't that why any of us work? To have a roof, food, stuck with a car payment and all that jazz. I am working on downsizing our lives. I will be able to change my field once my son has moved on. He is still in high school. These are the only things holding me back. Also it does help that I am happy elsewhere in my life- I share my world with the love of my life, I have creative outlets and I get to learn a little everyday. If I didn't have those gems in my world, work would be a larger thorn. Peace and Love! <3

Thank you!! I have started practicing wu wei at work...and that seems to be working well. And I am working on the quiet mindfulness...as I can be filterless (mouth fires off before the filter between brain and mouth have a chance to work!) Easier said than done! Peace and Love <3

Lol I duck and dodge the other managers who fling their ego about like poo! I'm sorry you feel so unimportant that you feel the need to behave that way. I also feel a good manager/human will admit their mistakes rather than throw other people under the bus. "They recognize that humans can never be machines, and need to balance their productivity with their own natural cycles / life events / etc." Sigh...I wish my COO thought this way! Peace and Love <3

Konichiwa! I am half-Japanese..with that said, obviously I have a Japanese family! My mother has flat out told me for easily two decades that sex is of no interest to her...she is busy and tired. She works excessively long traditional Japanese hours. My step-father, to whom she has been married to for 16 years is the same. Too tired, too busy. Its that way for a lot of my family, younger generation included. Of course I have retorted that if its just not that important, too much trouble etc, someone isn't doing it right Heehee! Peace and Love <3

Little Buzzing Bee, doesn't like profanity. Smiling, flies away!

The little death waits, Anticipation so sweet, Now its time to sleep!

Hello! I have thought of picking up this text before- one to simply read it (my son had talked about it before) and two, I wondered if it would pertain. I do believe I will be reading it. Thank you everyone for your input. I have never been a micro managing type of manager. I am very hands off, but staff are aware of expectations. I am just a bit overwhelmed that my staff has doubled in size. And I'm in another 90 day probationary period. What??? You give me a job I didn't ask for, my choices are accept it or find another job (in this economy) AND you are putting me on another proby period? Hmmph! I would stamp my foot and scowl, but its so childish and petulant Off to man the troops!! Peace and Love <3