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Depends on what you mean by “keep going.” Does a decade and a half mean I became successful? Then yeah. I come from a middle-class SEA family, where education
by rednafi 2y ago
Depends on what you mean by “keep going.” Does a decade and a half mean I became successful? Then yeah.
I come from a middle-class SEA family, where education and frugality are bolted into our DNA, even when we can afford nice things. So it’s a bit easier for me.
However, I see my left-brained Western friends struggle with this quite a lot. Many self-diagnose as having ADHD, need therapy, and can’t seem to win the fight against all the nonsense large corporations throw at us. So I understand that it’s probably difficult.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoI mean can you keep going. Every one under heaven says that our Way is greatly like folly. But it is just because it is great, that it seems like folly. As for things that do not seem like folly — well, there can be no question about their smallness! Here are my three treasures. Guard and keep them! The first is pity; the second, frugality; the third, refusal to be 'foremost of all things under heaven'. For only he that pities is truly able to be brave; Only he that is frugal is able to be profuse. Only he that refuses to be foremost of all things Is truly able to become chief of all Ministers. At present your bravery is not based on pity, nor your profusion on frugality, nor your vanguard on your rear; and this is death. But pity cannot fight without conquering or guard without saving. Heaven arms with pity those whom it would not see destroyed.
- chrisweekly 2y agoattribution? (please and thanks)
- david_allison 2y agoThree Treasures (in Taoism) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_(Taoism)#Tao_Te_Ching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_(Taoism)#Tao_T...
- itronitron 2y ago" the wise will laugh at me, but the foolish will understand "
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThe wise will downvote me, but the foolish will certainly upvote. :)
- apsurd 2y agothe hell are you on about
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThe winds of heaven, blowing over the holes of the earth.