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Taoism
Lesson 91

Be virtuous, but without being consciously so; and wherever you go, you will be beloved.

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"Note this, my disciples!" cried Yang Tzลญ. "Be virtuous, but without being consciously so; and wherever you go, you will be beloved."

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 20, ยง12 ยท ๐Ÿ“– Read the full passage

โœจ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, Master Yang notes that people love the servant who is unaware of her beauty and overlook the one who flaunts it: what makes us loved is good done without putting ourselves forward. Today, do something good as well as you can, then let it go unnoticed, without telling anyone.

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