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Chuang TzÅ put on cotton clothes with patches in them, and arranging his girdle and tieing on his shoes, went to see the prince of Wei. "How miserable you look, Sir!" cried the prince. "It is poverty, not misery," replied Chuang TzÅ. "A man who has Tao cannot be miserable. Ragged clothes and old boots make poverty, not misery.
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 20, §8 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, who comes before the king in patched clothes, lack of money is only poverty: whoever knows the Principle, the Way from which all things proceed, keeps peace of heart and is never in distress. Today, if something is lacking for you, simply name it, then name three inner riches that no one can take from you.
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