The tAo TE Ching for today by Iching [View All]

[IChing]

This is the number that came up for today #44
Of course it is only around 3800 years old.



#44

IF a country is governed with tolerance,
the people are comfortable and honest.

If the country is governed with repression,
the people are depressed and crafty.

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When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals, the lower the results. Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice.

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Thus the Master is content
to serve as an example
and not to impose her will
She is pointed, but doesn't pierce
Straightforward, but supple.
Radiant, but easy on the eyes.


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My son got a job with the International Red Cross in Europe this week
(Denmark)
computer, tech, language and political. (I am proud)


A picture of my son: (and his future wife?)