Tao Te Ching 4

The Tao is like a well: used but never used up…filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
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It is difficult to trust in life the way it is in the present moment. In the grip of dissatisfaction, we continually grasp for a life that is other than “the way it is”. The hidden will rarely appear present to those who are dissatisfied with the present.

If we can stay in the present moment rather than focusing on and fearing the past or the future, then we will discover the eternal presence of a heretofore hidden well of infinite capacity. The flow of “the way of life” is powerful and it offers that power to anyone who will stay centered in that flow rather than grabbing for the walls of the well, past and future.

Life is an infinite succession of present moments each of which is filled with the possibility of satisfaction. When we are truly present here and now we discover that life is, indeed, the way it is and that life the way it is – is O.K. Frankly, it has to be O.K. because life can’t be anything other than the way it is at this moment.

Neither can we be anything other than the way we are at this moment. If we desire to be something different in the future, then we have to change the way we are right now. Life is only live here and now.