Melodious Mnemony

Let it go. It’s of no consequence if you’re deficient of understanding. Everyone has blind spots, and no one can be master of everything. The firefly is not an offense to the starry night, because he doesn’t gleam so for the appraisal of men. He graces the night, because it is his nature to glow, and he does so, quietly and without question.

If you want to become whole,
let yourself be partial.
If you want to become straight,
let yourself be crooked.
If you want to become full,
let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn,
let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything,
give everything up . . .

When the ancient Masters said,
"If you want to be given everything,
give everything up,"
they weren't using empty phrases.
Only in being lived by the Tao can you be truly yourself.

From the Tao Te Ching