The TAO Of Daniel: COMPLETION

Some things never end. There are days when life feels rather long; impossibly long even. The slowing down of time, and continuously moving ‘through’ something, is a remarkable experience we’re gifted as human beings; even if it is, at times, a little tedious.

Equally, there are moments of ‘ending’ that truly define our lives; the death of a loved one, being made redundant, or reaching the finish line of a marathon for example.

Certain endings are like a death - we feel them like a punch to the gut; others are celebratory and it can be difficult to contain the excitement and joy of ‘finishing what you started’ (and why should we?).

The last kind is perhaps one of completion; a sort of conscious middle ground between emptiness and excitement, sadness and joy, boredom and inspiration.

This is, of course, the kind that the Tao is most interested in.

Completion speaks, firstly, of having sincerely committed to something, and secondly of having seen it through to it’s natural end.

It says nothing of the quality or perceived success of the project or journey; instead it is the honest natural path that will bring completion, rather than any specific ‘end point’ or achievement.

Achievement, after all, often breeds more opportunities and attention, and various potential detours along with it. It’s a delicate art, this practice of truly completing something, anything.

A minefield of sorts… and not one for the easily distracted.

And how will one know when he/she has authentically completed a certain path? Because it will have dissolved all by itself, like smoke into the air. Without forcing, and not by means of giving up either.

Like the sun that rises, shines and disappears once more. It is not through effort that it does so… but by it’s own natural ability to do so.

Not through work, but through ‘the way’. The way of one thing and all things. The way of Nature. The Tao.

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