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[sinisterporpoise]

 

This will be the last night I spend in this house. I thought I might be more nervous than I am, but other than sleepless nights, I’m actually excited about the move. Because Nashville is a large city, unlike Terre Haute, it offers opportunity that this small town does not. If I want to, I can even take up fencing.  However, I’m not sure my mobility and more importantly, my proprioception are good enough for this.  It may be a good way to work on both. I’ve come to accept that I am going to have pain no matter what I do. As much as this sucks, it’s not the nightmare I originally thought it would be. (There’s no need to focus on this, Lara.)

 

I am not excited about living alone as much.  It seems weird, but I’ve gotten used to someone else being here. I acknowledge the downside to this, but I also know that I need my own space. Besides, this is a room in someone else’s house. This is not an ideal situation, but given how quickly things moved, I am happy to have found lodgings at all. The job with Dell starts on Monday, and I am looking forward to it. This is the thing I have trained to do, and I am eager to gain experience.  This job should have plenty of technical challenges and it will help me work on my people skills as well. While I’m doing this, I can get more certifications, including Security+ and Security Pro. (The latter comes from TestOut, the same company my college used to get me ready for the A+ certification.  I think I’ll pick up Linux Pro as well.)

 

And then I can go see the life-sized model of the Parthenon!  I can see it as the Ancient Greeks intended it to look, minus the marble facade. No Turks have ever stored gunpowder in the roof of this building. Maybe I can even find a Zen Buddhist temple and compare its teachings to Taoism. Many people first hearing about it think of it as nature worship, and this is not understanding the point. The Tao, like nature itself, is not human or humane. It acts without intent and is neither benevolent nor malevolent. Like nature, it simply is.In many ways, it is the same as the uncarved block that the author keeps mentioning, or as one t-shirt writer put it, “Shit happens.”

 

There are so many opportunities ahead of me, and this may be good for me overall. It could help me broaden my perspectives even more.  It’s exciting, it’s scary, and going into information technology is something I should have done twenty-two years ago.

 

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[silk_dragon_zen]

[quote]Many people first hearing about it think of it as nature worship, and this is not understanding the point. The Tao, like nature itself, is not human or humane. It acts without intent and is neither benevolent nor malevolent. Like nature, it simply is.In many ways, it is the same as the uncarved block that the author keeps mentioning, or as one t-shirt writer put it, 'Shit happens'.[close quote]

Years ago, my Dad gave me a copy of The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff and I found it highly compatible with Zen. I'd wanted to find a copy of The Te of Piglet, but at the time I search for it (which was a few years ago) I couldn't find a copy. Then I stopped being able to read by eye, mainly due to neck trouble, but also due to eye-related headaches and general fatigue. More recently, I was able to get an audiobook version of The Teo of Pooh from Audible, narrated by Simon Vance, whose book narrations I have always enjoyed. Now that I know you are a Taoist, I'll give it a re-listen so I'm not quite so completely clueless when conversing with you about it.

— Sage