Tao Te Ching. Years ago, this guy: Gave me this: I think we had both just finished 'Art of War', and I had just finished reading 'Code of the Samurai', and suggested it to him. He gave me this in return (the pocket version, which I highly recommend). I've used and carried this very small collection of wisdom close to my heart ever since. I've had a rule that no matter what is weighing on me at the time or what I'm going through, I'll pick it up and open to a random page. 99.999% of the time, I can make direct connections to what I'm going through and it helps put thing in perspective. Today was a perfect example, and the reason I will (again) try to carry this with me from now on. I had a great lunch with an amazing person I'm going to be working with a lot in the near future. Shortly after, very sad news that affects him and the projects he has in the works surfaced. Instead of calling him when I heard, (cowardly, I know, but I figured he was busy with people calling with the sad news) I started to email him, opened this tiny book to a random page, and found the perfect passage to quote (at least in my eyes). I can only hope that it helps, not that he needs it. Anyways, that's my 'book club' recommendation for the month. R.I.Paradise to all we've lost recently. You're never forgotten. POSTED BY Mr. Shane Jessup AT 1/22/2008 7:54 PM 0 COMMENTS » POST A COMMENT « BACK HOME MY PROFILE Name: Mr. Shane Jessup Location: Brooklyn, NY Part time asshole. RECENT POSTS Feeling down? Forget the 'Air'... Leakage. What happened to relaxing? Jump Back.