Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
How does everyone go about checking what they perceive as normal behaviour is quite normal when it contrasts with another person?
For example - I have a hospital trip coming up with 3 scans that are quite urgent. In the past if this is a loved one, I have offered to go and made it a priority to support the person.
my mum today said she didn’t offer to come because it was just a scan and she didn’t think it was important and that I view things differently.
that’s just one example, this happens to me quite a lot so I would like to know how you check on kind of what your brains perceives being normal?
You want to know the rules and see consistency in action.
Life, though is a dynamic, ever shifting set of circumstances.
As we age we have to shift to meet new situations, if we don't we are
clinging to expectations that the world of things can no longer meet.
I would ask those around you, when change comes, and if they can, to give you
plenty of time ahead to adjust and to plan for for them.
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The Iching says, in the 32nd hexagram, "constancy,"
that one must be "constant in the path (the way, the tao) and not in things".
your goal could be to find that path within and tread it, no matter how the
world changes around you. It is the only constant, transcending time and space.
Here is a very good translation of the Tao Te Ching free to read online.
A copy/paste to the your devise will gain you access to it no matter where (on the path) you are!
https://dereklin.com/tao-te-ching-translation/