Board :	Chronicles of the Winds
Author :	Kaleea
Subject :	Path of the observer
Date :	10/19
When I am asked if I feel like I am one of the few people who have really figured things out about the world and the Tao I start thinking back to when I was younger, just feelikg like I was a nobody special, always rushing around and trying to get ahead. I saw the world pretty simply, like alot of kids do.. just a place to get stuff from, things to win, and things to have control of. But even then, something felt off.. like there was something more that I was misisng. Then one day, I just ended up out in the Wilderness. I just sat there, under a big tree, and for the first time, I really listened. I heard the wind in the leaves in a way I had never heard before. I heard the sound of water flowing and it made me think about how things are always moving and changing. At this time, I felt the ground under me.. but it felt like it was changing but also the same. Something clicked for me in that moment. It felt like I was finally starting to see things clearly. I started to see that everything wasn't just seperate pieces but rather everything was connected like a giant web. Every person, every plant, every animal, every object.. everything just fit together like it all had a purpose in the bigger picture. I saw how things naturally balanced out and how when something dies, it helps something else grow, and how even opposites seem to be linked in some way. I do believe this is the true meaning of Tao. It's not like a person or anything, but just the basic way the universe works, the natural order of things. It's the constant movement, the cycles, the force that brings things back into balance even when they seem totally chaotic. I believe I have felt exactly what the true meaning behind the Tao is. I know there are other people who see things in a similar way, who feel the connections to nature and the way things work. But I also see a lot of people who just dont seem to notice it at all, or their just not intrested. After the experience I had in the Wilderness, things changed for me. I no longer rush around and I no longer try to be in control. I just see the world for what it truly is these days.