John O. Andersen

A long-time e-mail correspondent sent this quote yesterday:


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Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.
-- Lao Tzu
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Lao Tzu was a Chinese Taoist philosopher who lived some 2600 years ago.

For more on Lao Tzu's life:
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,48250+1+47153,00.html?que
ry=lao%20tzu

For more on Taoism "the correct way":
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/6/0,5716,73066+1+71217,00.html

Lao Tzu is generally believed to be the author of the "Tao Te Ching." Here
is an online version:
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/text/tao/tao.htm

John Andersen
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http://www.spiritone.com/~andersen/travel.html

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Hi John,
I enjoyed your quote today ,because I was doing just that. My husband went to
Florida for a week , he needed a vaca bad. Anyway we have never been away
from eachother for more than a day. In all of the 11 yrs we have been
married. He finally came home last night and what a content feeling I have
had all night and all this morning. I enjoyed my week off also , but I think
I would have enjoyed it much more if he had been with us. Sorry to babble on
but that one just made me laugh.

Tamie