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Beringia
Mar 2021
OP
I saw this on a Northwest Coast Indian's Facebook, and I wondered what the saying for them would be
Beringia
Mar 2021
#3
I hope you don't take this in any way but the respectful way in which it's meant,
wackadoo wabbit
Mar 2021
#5
underpants
(188,973 posts)1. God that's funny

wackadoo wabbit
(1,239 posts)2. Very cute, but not accurate for Taoism
It should read something like "Shit happens, but whether it's really shit or not depends on your point of view."
Beringia
(4,905 posts)3. I saw this on a Northwest Coast Indian's Facebook, and I wondered what the saying for them would be
Unwind Your Mind
(2,234 posts)4. Or maybe something like
Shit happens but dont stress unless its something you can change
wackadoo wabbit
(1,239 posts)5. I hope you don't take this in any way but the respectful way in which it's meant,
but no, that wouldn't be Taoism. A Taoist doesn't look to change anything. In Taoism, you just know that change happens change is the only constant and you accept that change.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,234 posts)6. No, I wouldn't take it any way

Im not a practitioner of any religion. I did enjoy my comparative religion class in college and Taoism was particularly interesting to me.
I like the idea that one has a certain amount of energy and should spend it on things that matter, it has become part of my own personal philosophy.
Perhaps my ideas have morphed over the many years since I learned about that.

Iggo
(48,723 posts)7. Kickin' this shit.
