If you try to grab hold of the world
and do what you want with it,
you won't succeed.
The world is a vessel for spirit, and
and it wasn't made to be manipulated.
Tamper with it and you'll spoil it.
Hold it and you'll lose it.
With Tao, sometimes you move ahead
and sometimes you stay back;
Sometimes you work hard
and sometimes you rest;
Sometimes you're strong
and sometimes you're weak;
Sometimes you're up
sometimes you're down.
The Sage remains sensative,
avoiding extremes,
avoiding extravagance,
avoiding excess.
Lao Tzu, The Tao Te Ching
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