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"If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial.
If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked.
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn, let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything, give everything up."
— Tao Te Ching

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~ShesJustHiding Nov 30, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
I'm fascinated by the Tao. Learning about it in World Religions was really fascinating but honestly, my whole understanding of it extends to the metaphor of the river- the river carves out canyons not by striving to become a canyon but by passively just...being a river. But that's where my understanding of it all stops because for the life of me "let yourself be crooked" is about the worst way to become straight. I don't understaaaaaaaaand ='(
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~silklilies Dec 1, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
maybe if you become crooked it brings wisdom? for example, perhaps it means that you should become damaged in order to recover and repair and gain the knowledge of what you are capable of?

is it better to never do anything wrong, or to do something wrong and learn from it?

learning is so good.
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`FuzzyHoser Nov 30, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Everything's in order in a black hole.
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though.


--Fluorescent Adolescent, THE ARCTIC MONKEYS

(Sorry...the title made me think of that, lol. I approve of this idear though. :nod:)
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~silklilies Dec 1, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
(: that sounds like a neat song!
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`FuzzyHoser Dec 2, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
It is. Neat band...just awesome.
Try them, dear. They're addictionable. ;)
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