Not to be affected by duration of time, not to be affected by volume of water,—such is the great happiness of the eastern sea.

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In the days of the Great Yü, there were nine years of flood out of ten; but this did not add to its bulk. In the days of T'ang, there were seven years out of eight of drought; but this did not narrow its span. Not to be affected by duration of time, not to be affected by volume of water,—such is the great happiness of the eastern sea.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 17, §12 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, it is the turtle of the eastern sea speaking here to a frog living at the bottom of a well: neither floods nor droughts change the sea, which remains still and vast. Today, when an event shakes you, imagine yourself as this deep sea that floods and droughts do not stir, and respond from that calm.

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