- Liberty Nimmo
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
An Ode To Chopping Wood, by Liberty Nimmo

'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.’ So said the great Taoist thinker Lao Tzu. I don’t know where I sit on the enlightenment scale, but I have taken his advice and recently found myself chopping a lot of wood.



