Maxim #176: Beauty-full blemishes
Conventional wisdom tells us that “A leopard cannot change his spots”, and yet the Soul knows that there is nothing about any leopard that needs any changing at all …
Maxim #177: Love-struck
Conventional wisdom says that “Lightning never strikes the same place twice”, and yet the Soul knows that — no matter where it happens to strike — lightning hits the very center of the Universe each & every time …
Maxim #178: in the company of Joy
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Misery loves company”, and yet the Soul knows that neither sadness nor fear know anything at all of Love’s Joy-filled Way …
Maxim #179: the arrival of Summer
Conventional wisdom tells us that “The arrival of one swallow does not a summer make”, and yet the Soul knows that every single swallow is Beauty itself in motion — and this, no matter how many clouds might fill its sky …
Maxim #180: not enough cooks
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Too many cooks spoil the soup”, and yet the Soul knows that — at least in the kitchen of Kindness & Compassion — there is no such thing as too many cooks …
Maxim #181: into the Crowd
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Two is company, three is a crowd”, and yet the Soul knows that it takes two for Love to be given, it takes three for Love to be remembered, and that it takes a crowd — and the courage to immerse one’s Self therein — for Love to grow & […]
Maxim #182: the Smoke & the Fire
Conventional wisdom tells us “Where there is smoke, there is fire”, and yet the Soul also knows that where there is fire, there is a Cleansing …
Maxim #183: the having & the eating
Conventional wisdom tells us “You cannot have your cake and eat it too”, and the Soul knows in addition that, to truly Partake of any “cake”, it must be given away freely to those in need …
Maxim #184: to Feel is to See
Conventional wisdom tells us “What you see in yourself is what you see in the world”, and yet the Soul knows instead that whatever we choose to see in the world is actually nothing more than a reflection of who we ourselves are choosing to Be …
Maxim #185: discarding desire
Conventional wisdom tells us that “She who does not ask for little does not deserve much”, and yet the Soul knows that to wish for more is to discard all that has already been given …
Maxim #186: returning to Here
Conventional wisdom tells us that “It is better to ask the way two times than to lose your way once”, and yet the Soul knows that asking the way to somewhere else is to immediately lose the path that leads to where you already Are …
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