When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.
There is a time to live and a time to die but never to reject the moment.
Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil.
He who is in harmony with the Tao is like a newborn child. Its bones are soft, its muscles are weak, but its grip is powerful. It doesn't know about the union of male and female, yet its penis can stand erect, so intense is its vital power. It can scream its head off all day, yet it never becomes hoarse, so complete is its harmony. The Master's power is like this. He lets all things come and go effortlessly, without desire. He never expects results; thus he is never disappointed. He is never disappointed; thus his spirit never grows old.
The heart that gives, gathers.
They mingle their life with the world, they mix their mind up with the world. Ordinary people look after them. Wise souls are children.
So wise souls, leaving self behind move forward, and setting self aside stay centered. Why let the self go? To keep what the soul needs.
