Faithfulness in the Center

This morning at 7:30
I rolled out of bed
And while the kettle was boiling
I threw my hexagram for the day.

At the sixth throw, the coin stood
On it’s edge, perfectly balanced
Neither heads nor tails.
I nudged it with the Tao te Ching
Which happened to be
The book closest at hand.
But the coin didn’t fall.
It just stood still in the middle.

I saw that the choice was mine to make
Whether it would be heads or tails.
Rather than leave it to chance,
I could choose.
Heads gave me hexagram 61: Faithfulness in the Center
The power to move even pigs and fishes, hmmmmmmm
Tails gave me hexagram 60: Discipline, ouch!

But, as every disciple knows, faithfulness needs discipline.

So I didn’t choose.
I too, stood still in the middle.