Seek Compassion Before Honor

| The Tao Chapter 62 – My Interpretation |

The ways of living that are for the good of all is in the core every man. Whether or not he chooses to listen is his choice.

Honor and respect are given from how you are perceived. They can be taken. Compassion and integrity are birthed from who you are. They can be yours forever.

Advice on how to get the former can lead to fleeting results. The choice to live as the latter leads to enduring influence.

Align your life with the latter.  The former will follow.

Seek to live with compassion and integrity, and  fortuity is found.

As I read Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching daily, I reflect and document my interpretation with the intention of living the Tao.

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