toward the “Tao”
in Taoism we are warned that
“those who know do not speak,
those who speak do not know,”
there’s a recognition in those words
that a rush to judgment, opinions, advice
can come freely
in an inverse relationship to wisdom,
I have learned in my life
to listen before I speak,
to think before I act,
to consider once, twice, thrice,
an idea or a feeling before I give it voice,
to be open to a contrary view
that may fit reality better than my own.
by Henry H. Walker
January 8, ‘16
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