Two big quakes in New Zealand, today. 2012 is going to be an exciting, surprising year. Don't be afraid, be prepared. Our lives are physical AND spiritual. The physical will pass away, but the spiritual, though existing in tandem with the physical, will continue on. Even science is recognizing that there are likely many dimensions of life, and perhaps multiple universes. How exciting is THAT?!!

Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead they are brittle and dry.

Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.

The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.
                                              Tao Te Ching (trans. Stephen Mitchell)