David’s Substack

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A Tao te Ching Teaching Keeps Kicking My Butt – But I Keep Working at It

Quitting isn’t an option.

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David Gerken
Jul 24, 2025
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned these past fifteen years, it’s this: Spiritual growth ain’t easy. In fact, it’s the most difficult work I’ve ever done.

And that’s coming from a guy who has devoted an outsized portion of his attention to all things spiritual.

It reminds me of an HBO documentary I saw roughly 25 years ago …

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