They say you can never step in the same river twice. That the slipstream of life with its constant movement, its ever swirl of variable change, is always and continuously presenting us with something new. Change, while it may be imperceptible to when viewed through the lenses of habit and assumption, is in fact the only constant in our world.
Don’t think it is so? Simply look at how we feel about our partners ten years into a relationship, or how the work we do today differs from that we did even just five years ago. Notice how your preference for food has shifted over the course of years, or music for that matter! Ever go back and try to relive what was a pleasant memory? Attempt to gain nourishment from something that sustained you at a different moment in life, only to find dust and broken stone? Or, discover much to your surprise that what was once held in disdain can hold the keys to a solution we had given up on.
Life is a journey, which like stones across an ever changing river unfolds step by step. And should we have the eyes to see and a heart yet tender enough to engage with curiosity and abandon, we find that all journeys lead us back and again to the present moment; to the still place called home.
In Taiwan there is a lane, Yong Kang Jie, that connects Peace and Harmony Road with Trust and Faith Avenue. It holds a few of the common secrets to health and well-being. Now, Yong Kang Clinic is here in the Gateway City. We offer acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, a few teas with unpronounceable names and the taste of something simultaneously foreign and familiar, and a quiet place for healing and cultivation of health. 歡迎光臨!
