Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!newsfeed4.cidera.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!newspeer.cwnet.com!enews.sgi.com!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!webtv.net!not-for-mail From: taoistnuninrineyville@webtv.net (Sister Kate Hawthorne) Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.taoism Subject: true taoism, dandelions Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:15:34 -0500 (EST) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4198-3CA3EA66-181@storefull-2315.public.lawson.webtv.net> References: <20020317162901.07193.00002280@mb-cr.news.cs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.webtv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhRTIm5G79LLF85K0kNQVXlMU8aVIQIUaVSLxmjMzUmSQtuU4qcBCzzGsxY= Content-Disposition: Inline Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.philosophy.taoism:96797 But consider the dandelion. She wakes up with the sun, dew on her face, and begins to worship. She has no theology. She does not regard the ants that crawl on her. She just worships. If the day is bright or dark, she doesn't stop. -- And here's how I know she's a Taoist,because when the day is done she does not put out her little leaf and say, "I have worshipped all day; what do I get?"