Nothing in the world
is softer and weaker than water.
Yet there is nothing better
for subsiding all that is harder and stronger.
Everyone observes how weak overcomes strong,
how gentleness overcomes rigidity.
Yet, the principle is seldom put into conscious practice.
Though some may say it is useless
to accept responsibility
for the calamities and toxicities of the world,
taking such responsibility
might put us on the road to the Great Integrity.
Just remember that truth often masquerades as falsity,
and falsity is truth.
“The Tao Te Ching, A New Translation”
By: Ralph Alan Dale
ISBN: 0-7607-4998-1