Tag: Pondering
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What makes a year?
As the year 2025 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on its twists and turns through the lens of Taoism. The Tao teaches us to flow with the natural rhythms of life, embracing both harmony and disruption as part of the eternal dance. In this year-in-review post, I’ll share my personal journey—marked by…
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The duality of modern and primitive
I found a new to me band, Heilung, and have been chilling out to their tunes for the better part of a week now. They bill themselves as a pagan band and after seeing their live show I can say I agree. The deep bass of the drums, the chanting and Celtic throat singing really…
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Love and marriage love and marriage…
It’s T- about 6 hours till the civil union and I find myself reflecting on a few things. The first and foremost is just how different life has turned out for me than what I was told I would amount to (which was south of 0 according to some members of the family). I have…
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Lonely at the top?
I was listening to a podcast the other day talking about the process of leveling up your life. Real AF is the podcast in question. The host noted two things, that the process of becoming the 2.0 version of yourself if you will leaves you in a middle ground as your old friends leave and…
The Half-assed Taoist 