Things are easier to control while things are quiet.
Things are easier to plan far in advance.
Things break easier while they are still brittle.
Things are easier hid while they are still small.
Prevent problems before they arise.
Take action before things get out of hand.
The tallest tree
begins as a tiny sprout.
The tallest building
starts with one shovel of dirt.
A journey of a thousand miles
starts with a single footstep.
If you rush into action, you will fail.
If you hold on too tight, you will lose your grip.
Therefore the Master lets things take their course
and thus never fails.
She doesn't hold on to things
and never loses them.
By pursing your goals too relentlessly,
you let them slip away.
If you are as concerned about the outcome
as you are about the beginning,
then it is hard to do things wrong.
The master seeks no possessions.
She learns by unlearning,
thus she is able to understand all things.
This gives her the ability to help all of creation.
There is nothing unique about life.
Thermodynamics demands that life exists everywhere.
Uniqueness comes from obeying this law.
Gaia is not unique in the universe, yet our only platform for dissipation.
Technological disobedience to the law starts small.
Man creates fire, then the wheel, then tries to harness nuclear energy.
We can only change the little things; we can only change us.
Try too hard and we fail.
Push a rock toward a cliff and it falls off the edge.
An unintended consequence is a collateral law.
There is no return to an idyllic past.
We can’t stop the machine.
We may no longer be able to control it.
Gaia doesn’t care,
She will continue to turn sunlight into heat long after we’re gone.
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