溫故知新 Old wisdom, today’s insight — ONGO
The Highest Good Is Like Water
Can a bond begun in resentment grow into real love by crossing hardship together?
Laozi said, "The highest good is like water; water benefits all things yet does not contend." Resentment stands rigid and opposed, but a heart softened like water seeps and flows even into the other's low places.
📝The Classic Answers
Laozi said, "The highest good is like water; water benefits all things yet does not contend." Resentment stands rigid and opposed, but a heart softened like water seeps and flows even into the other's low places. The power that overcomes hatred is not a stronger stubbornness but a yielding that lowers itself and flows. I choose to set down the wish to win against the other. When two soak into each other like water while crossing hardship, even resentment grows into love.
🌱Apply It Today
If a clash has hardened your heart toward someone, rather than try to win, lower yourself a step first and approach like water.
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