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| If you work for a living why do you kill yourself working?
by mountainhippy at 3/15/2009 11:28:01 AM
Whatever is rushed to maturity will surely breakdown early. Whatever is accomplished in a hurry will easily be destroyed. Whatever is done without making considerations for the long run, and is hastily finished, is not of a far reaching and great character. Whatever has a weak foundation, no matter how incredible the structure, will not stand the test of time. It is essential to build up achievement and accumulate virtue. Therfore it is said, "When you want to be quick, you don't succeed, act carefully and you don't miss!" A beautiful accomplishment takes a long time, ultimately involving lifelong consideration. A sage said, "Keep it with faith, practice it with keeness, perfect it with faithfullness- then though the task be great you will surely succeed!"
Great understanding is broad and unhurried, little understanding is cramped and busy. Great words are clear and limpid, little words are shrill and quarrelsome. In sleep men's spirits go visiting, in waking hours their bodies hustle. With everything they meet they become entangled. Day after day they use their minds in strife, sometimes grandiose, sometimes sly, sometimes petty. Their little fears are mean and trembly, their great fears are stunned and overwhelming. They bound off like an arrow or crossbow pellet, certian they arbiters of right and wrong. They cling to their posistion as though they had sworn before the gods, sure that they are holding onto victory. They fade like fall and winter. Such is the way they dwindle day by day. they drown in what they do. You cannot make them turn back. They grow dark as though sealed with seals. Such are the excesses of their old age. And when their minds draw near to death, nothing can restore them to light. If you work for a living, why do you kill yourselves working?
Be free when it is time to be free, collar the yoke of regulations when it is time to do such. be still when it is time to be still. Do as you should till all is yours and the yoke is thrown away so you can run free forever more!
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