Chapter 58 declines to sort events into good and bad. Chapter 23 points out that nothing at full intensity lasts long. Together they describe what to do while it is unresolved.
Equanimity Read → August 2026Most of what stings in a remark is the part we supplied. The Tao Te Ching is unusually specific about where that part comes from.
Plainness Read → July 2026Two images from the Tao Te Ching speak directly to a restless mind: muddy water left to settle, and the pull of other people's regard.
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