This is one of my favorite chapters from the Tao, reminding me that good and bad go hand in hand. The rough times will eventually pass, and their existence make the happier times that much sweeter. Good times are fleeting as well, so enjoy them in the moment. Be present. Be here now.
Two:
"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.
Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.
Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit.
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it lasts forever."
[Lao Tsu]
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