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In old age, his desires and preoccupations have lost their keenness, and the bodily frame seeks for repose. External objects no longer hold the first place in his regard. In this state, though not attaining to the perfection of infancy, he is already different from what he was in adolescence.
Source Lieh Tzu, book 1, §6 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Lieh Tzu, mature age brings a gift: desires and agitation calm down, and what comes from outside has less hold on the heart. At any age you can taste this rest: today, when a craving or a worry pulls you outward, let it pass like a cloud and feel your body settle.
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