If you want something to return to the source,
you must first allow it to spread out.
If you want something to weaken,
you must first allow it to become strong.
If you want something to be removed,
you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to possess something,
you must first give it away.
This is called the subtle understanding
of how things are meant to be.
The soft and pliable overcomes the hard and inflexible.
Just as fish remain hidden in deep waters,
it is best to keep weapons out of sight.
I have learned that a soft blade of grass will bend to the hurricane.
The old, stiff tree will break under the onslaught.
If we are to protect what is important and live on this speck of sand in the universal beach,
we must let go and let Tao, God, Thermodynamic prevail.
We cannot fight it, we cannot change it; we can only try to understand it.
We don’t live by the Law of Thermodynamics; We are the Law.
The only survival tactic is to give in
be part of that field of wheat waving in the wind.
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