When a cat falls from a tree, it relaxes completely and lands softly on the ground.
If it became tense, it would break everything.
Similarly, the philosophy of the Tao is that we are falling at every moment of our lives.
And in the same way, it helps to relax as we fall.
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One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.