The independence of the heart

Being loving brings happiness.
Being unloving brings nothing.

Staying true is hard. For everyone.

Bring water to the thirsty.
Bring love to the unloving.

Being loving depends on nothing else
and staying true maintains
the independence of the heart.

From ‘Dharma means the truth about love’, an endless project to find the simplest, most useful ways to put dharma into words. You can read more here.

Or you can download a copy of my version of Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching (‘I thought I was on the way to work, but I was on the way home’) here.

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