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The highest excellence is like water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving, the low place which all men dislike.
Source Tao Te King, chapter 8 ยท ๐ Read the full passage
โจ To meditate on today
According to Lao Tzu, the truly good person is like water: it does good to all beings without ever struggling, and humbly accepts the low places everyone avoids. Today, do a discreet service, preferably a task no one likes to do, without seeking to be noticed.
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