Gain and loss
Mon, 01 Jan 1996 Filed in:
Journal
Someone who has nothing gains at every
turn; but someone who has too much, always perceives that they are
losing it. > Have little and you will gain. > Have much and
you will be confused. (Lao Tzu) Although in our culture humility
and lowliness are seen to be “lesser” than fame and accomplishment,
actually humility is a more positive state of being: because a man
of great pride will tend to be taken down from his high station
much more often, while the humble man — the lower he is — will
always find himself lifted. So the poorer you are in the moment,
the richer you are in life.