Monday, July 16, 2012

Lectio Divina - One hundred and Thirty-seven


Tao Te Ching, trans. Stephen Mitchell. New York: Harper Perennial, 1982, #45.


True perfection seems imperfect,

yet it is perfectly itself.

True fullness seems empty,

yet it is fully present.


True straightness seems crooked.

True wisdom seems foolish.

True art seems artless.


The Master allows things to happen.

She shapes events as they come.

She steps out of the way

and lets the Tao speak for itself.