The Earth and the sky
can teach us more than any old gray-bearded professor ever could in some
classroom with humming fluorescent lights and fidgeting students. Real learning
takes place in the real world. The woods and the lakes and the rivers uncover
more about the world than a dusty old scholarly book ever could. My best
friends have always been the clouds, the oceans, and the mountains. If you are
one with the universe, you have no need for the trivial, no concern for the
unworthy. You walk with the Dao, every step, every move.
