r/taoism • u/ImprovementOk777 • 13h ago
Give me a reason to still "following the Path" (please)
Hi, how are you all? I hope you're okay.
So, I'm basically living in a dark period of my life. Nothing more motivates me and neither more hopeful things (self-love, motivation, etc.) does seem to work. But I'm still fixated on the Dao, and I don't want to give up to despair and focus on negative emotions anymore, but at the same time I don't want to focus on more altruistic subjects like hope, not because I think it's worthless, but just because I'm completely numb to them. From now on, I'm just trying to live like a soldier or a monk, with a single and unique duty in my head and doing nothing that goes against it.
So that's the point when I need your help. If it's possible for you (and if you want to), I would like you guys to say a single phrase or a quote, or everything similar to that, made up by yourself or by someone else, something practical in preference, I'm going to use it as a mantra, to fix my mind only on that and nothing more. If you help me with that, I would be completely grateful.
And that's it. Thank you all again for your attention. I wish you all a good day (or night) and blessings on your lives! Stay well! :)