Yesterday I was reminded...

...how damn annoying it is to be sober in the middle of a bunch of drunks. Curse my curse of not being able to drink because it will eventually lead me to nicotine and then BAM! selling myself on the streets for crack. Anywho, game night was fun, if not needlessly long because of the inherent slowness that comes with inebriation.

Anyway, I shaved my head last night for good reasons that I don't care to go into lest they loose their virtue.

Everything below is Taoist ramblings, so you can move on if you're not in to that stuff.

I think Taoism is such a hard concept to grasp for most people because it doesn't really offer anything up front. There is no set plan, nor is there any ruleset to live your life by. Explaining Taoism is even harder, because Taoism is a journey, a path to a destination. Normally, a Taoist is already well down his path before he is ready to talk about Taoism, or even knows that he is a Taoist. By that time, its like trying to explain how to make a cake, by starting in the middle of the recipe. On top of that, its not within the Tao to preach Taoism. The only method of teaching that we're allowed to employ is the act of living a Taoist life as an example.

Last night I was once again asked to explain Taoism. Normally, I avoid the question, saying that its beyond comprehension, or the little thing about the ocean, or sometimes just answer with "a sack of rice". It depends on the mood. Last night though, I was in a mood to give it a go, and actually I feel that the Tao was leading me that way because I was having a bad weekend, and needed some perspective.

I'm still out of balance, and I'm not sure what I need to do to correct that. Things are looking up recently, but still not quite right. I have to continue to walk my path I suppose. The answers are all there in front of me, I just need to see them.