Thursday, July 08, 2004

Where it begins...

Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.

Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.

The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.

[Tao te Ching, #76]

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hey, it's allison! i'm adding you to my links so i can read this daily! yey! :)
(thanks for linking me too!)