Stop Creating Sorrow

| The Tao Chapter 2 – My Fifth Interpretation|

Comparison and judgement lead to suffering.

Seek to measure up against no one and free yourself from feeling less than others.

If you judge something as better you create internal sorrow. When you compare yourself to another, you diminish your unique worth. And when you elevate your status in comparison to others, you inflict pain.

The wise compassionate soul does neither. She helps people become more of who they are by encouraging them to know who they are.

LIVING THE TAO: Consider this: how have you been inflicting emotional pain on yourself or others with judgement or comparisons and are you willing to stop?

My 2018 focus is to intentionally live the Tao Te Ching. This is my fifth 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.

Original image by Lakeisha Bennett.