And an answer: I'm driven to improve myself when I notice (as I do every day, sometimes in new ways, often time in the same places I noticed myself lacking before) that I am struggling too hard at living rather than just letting it happen, or letting myself get upset by unimportant things, or over-analyzing what comes. I try to keep in mind two parts from the Tao Te Ching:
"Honed too sharp no blade retains its edge; treasure filled no room remains secure."
"The heavens last, the earth endures. And the reason they do? By disowning what they yield, heaven can last and earth endure. So, surely, does the world-wise lord, who puts his interests far behind and ends up in the lead, who puts his interest to the side and ends up safe and whole. Is it not so: that having nothig to own, he can achieve his goal?"
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Date: 2003-04-29 10:13 pm (UTC)And an answer: I'm driven to improve myself when I notice (as I do every day, sometimes in new ways, often time in the same places I noticed myself lacking before) that I am struggling too hard at living rather than just letting it happen, or letting myself get upset by unimportant things, or over-analyzing what comes. I try to keep in mind two parts from the Tao Te Ching:
"Honed too sharp no blade retains its edge; treasure filled no room remains secure."
"The heavens last, the earth endures. And the reason they do? By disowning what they yield, heaven can last and earth endure. So, surely, does the world-wise lord, who puts his interests far behind and ends up in the lead, who puts his interest to the side and ends up safe and whole. Is it not so: that having nothig to own, he can achieve his goal?"