The Walk According to St. Paul

When I was a kid, I was made to believe that God is "up there" in heaven while we are all down here below. Average Christians, I guess, think this way. The following message of St. Paul, most especially the last line, should change the way many of us think about God, our understanding of the line "Our Father, who art in heaven" in the Lord's Prayer, and our understanding of heaven itself.

The God who made the world and everything in it...gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.

Acts 17.24-28

The Walk According to Lao Tzu

Here are three versions of
Tao Te Ching, chapter 27, line 1.


by Charles Muller:
"A good traveler leaves no tracks."

by John Wu:
"Good walking leaves no track behind it."

by Stephen Mitchell:
"A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent upon arriving."

A Healthy Coincidence

Interestingly, the phrase "ten thousand steps" has been used in the literal sense, synonymous with fitness walking.

The Cooper Institute of Aerobics Research, in particular, found that 10,000 steps (about 5,000 miles) each day "may be helpful in lowering body fat, improving blood pressure and increasing cardio-respiratory (aerobic) fitness."

What Makes Coffee Sweet?

A friend once texted me:

What makes coffee sweet?
It is not just the sugar...
but also the stirring.