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Daoism Monologue

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I’m sorry I didn’t write earlier, it’s been hard, and I didn't know how to tell you. I guess I've been thinking a lot since they took dad to war. We never heard back from him, and I have a feeling you and I both know what happened, we just don't want to admit it. Lots of families have been torn apart lately by the chaos, so I thought that there must be an end to it. Then I heard someone talk about a concept called Daoism. It sounded strange at first, they spoke of doing nothing, and having everything be done. Wu-wei, acting by not acting (Johnson, Elliott, and Johnson 176). The world's instinct is to right itself, and all we do when acting is drag along, slowing it down. Mama do you get it? We are meant to live this world not make it! So

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