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degringolade
Not that much to say today. As I have complained frequently in the past, Thursdays are my struggle days.
Cast Hexagram 12 today. Not an optimistic kind of read. It is what I already know. The clowns are in charge and I just have to do the best that I can. Such is life. So I will bang away again today. When I get home I will do a spot of cleaning and airing out. I will take a flyer and trust NOAA and, being is that these solemn oracles say it will be sunny, I will leave windows open to air out the place in my absence.
Time to do little homely things around. I will bottle beer this weekend and maybe I can convince the offspring to come over to this side for a cider making Sunday.
I haven't decided if Ursula LeGuin's rendition of the I Ching is great or not, but it does have its moments.
Raw silk and uncut wood
Stop being holy, forget being prudent,
it’ll be a hundred times better for everyone.
Stop being altruistic, forget being righteous,
people will remember what family feeling is.
Stop planning, forget making a profit,
there won’t be any thieves and robbers.
But even these three rules
needn’t be followed; what works reliably
is to know the raw silk,
hold the uncut wood.
Need little,
want less.
Forget the rules.
Be untroubled.
Stop being holy, forget being prudent,
it’ll be a hundred times better for everyone.
Stop being altruistic, forget being righteous,
people will remember what family feeling is.
Stop planning, forget making a profit,
there won’t be any thieves and robbers.
But even these three rules
needn’t be followed; what works reliably
is to know the raw silk,
hold the uncut wood.
Need little,
want less.
Forget the rules.
Be untroubled.
