In our 7th insight from Lao Tzu he notes differences between that which is living and that which is dead.
Namely, that which is alive is soft, supple, and yielding, (like a plant,) while that which is dead is stiff, hard, and inflexible. We can choose, suggests Tzu, which attitude we will apply to our lives. The characteristics of the living, or the dead. Tzu writes:
“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.”
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