A Lesson from Honey and Water

| The Tao Chapter 78 – My Fourth Interpretation|

It is said that you can catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar, and nature shows that the soft overcomes the hard.

Water erodes the mountain and carves out craters while being soft and fluid against the hard resistance.

The softness of water overcomes the hardness of stone.

Such can be the case in times of trouble between people, yet we make it so difficult to do.

You must become the humble warrior, soft as water, to overcome the terrain of a hardened heart.

The pride of the heart must surrender in one for it to surrender in the other.

LIVING THE TAO: Today, I invite you to reflect on the first, second and third interpretations along with this fourth and ask, are there any shifts you are prepared to make today in relation to aligning with the art of living as shared in the Tao?

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fourth reading of Stephen Mitchell’s translation. I share my daily interpretations hoping to inspire you to do the same.

Embrace your journey. Experience bliss. Live the Tao.

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