May 11th, 2026
The Tao of Homecaring
“Time to dust again. Time to caress my house, to stroke all its surfaces. I want to think of it as a kind of lovemaking…the chance to appreciate by touch what I live with and cherish.”
Gunilla Norris (Author; 1939)
“One of its main themes is unity, based on yielding rather than resisting. (‘Tao is eternal without doing, and yet nothing remains undone.’) When a seeker commits to the Way she sheds her expectations, becoming an empty vessel to be filled to the brim with both the yin and yang, the opposite male and female energies of life…”
“By reflecting on the way in which our life proceeds day in, day out. What works, what doesn’t. As we pause to reflect before doing, come to an awareness of how the nature of all things—even the minutiae of the domestic sphere—contributes to the harmony of the Whole.”
“Naming is the origin of all particular things…mystery and manifestation arise from the same source.”
Lao-Tzu (Chinese Philosopher; 571 B.C.)
“Drudgery can be transformed, through a willing and open heart, into labors of love.”
“…begin to call it ‘homecaring’. Redefining our work casts a subtle but powerful spell over the subconscious mind.”
“…regard the samll as important…to make much of the little.”
Lao-Tzu (Chinese Philosopher; 571 B.C.)
“Homecaring for me is a loving act I have done all my life. It is my love language, just ask my aunties how many times I have reorganized their kitchen spice cabinets.”
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 155 to 157 of 501.
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