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Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains, All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky. Thus he the constant excellence retains; The simple child again, free from all stains.
Source Tao Te King, chapter 28 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Lao Tzu, whoever knows their strength yet keeps to gentleness becomes like a valley, the hollow where everything gathers; virtue does not leave them and they recover the simplicity of a child. Today, at a moment when you could impose yourself, choose gentleness and let others come to you.
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