What did you read this year?
Burak’s
average rating for
2023
3.9
3.9
Pinocchio says,
Accept and speak your own truth. Do your work in this world. Be disciplined and be aware of distractions. Do not accept defeat. Failure is normal and is part of the process. Get up and keep walking. Accept help and be appreciative in return. Learn. Serve others. Offer gifts and they will return to you many-fold. Follow your hope. Follow when you see light. (Did I mention?) Speak your truth! You cannot live your life pretending, wit ...more
Accept and speak your own truth. Do your work in this world. Be disciplined and be aware of distractions. Do not accept defeat. Failure is normal and is part of the process. Get up and keep walking. Accept help and be appreciative in return. Learn. Serve others. Offer gifts and they will return to you many-fold. Follow your hope. Follow when you see light. (Did I mention?) Speak your truth! You cannot live your life pretending, wit ...more
My least favorite interpretation of Tao Te Ching so far. I was hoping to hear more from Ursula; perhaps she holds herself back, perhaps she wants to talk to the political field for some reason, and whatever the reason, too many of her interpretations suffer from this political stitching. I think this is a problem because Tao Te Ching is a book that is spoken in a political context to begin with, yani, it talks directly to the rulers, as it delves
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