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The ancients who attained Tao were equally happy under success and failure. Their happiness had nothing to do with their failure or their success. Tao once attained, failure and success became mere links in a chain, like cold, heat, wind, and rain.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 28, §12 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, the ancients who knew the Principle remained content in success as in failure, for they knew that the one follows the other like cold and heat, wind and rain. Today, when something succeeds or fails, welcome it with the same even mood, telling yourself that it will pass as the rain passes.
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