Seventy-Sixth Chapter
Seventy-Sixth Chapter Tao Te-Ching A man is born tender and weak. At his death he is stiff and hard. All things, including the grass and trees are tender and supple in life; dry and brittle in death. Therefore stiffness is a companion of death; flexibility a companion of life. An army that cannot yield will be defeated. A tree that cannot bend will break in the wind. The hard and stiff will be broken; The soft and supple will prevail. # As I Understand It: The most durable things in nature are soft, gentle and adaptable. Water adapts itself to any shape, trees and grass bend in storm, and newborns bend their limbs like a great yogi. Lifeless things are hard, dead bodies stiff. Rigid thoughts and stubborn conduct are unexciting, supple and flexible stimulating. Living things are pliable. By being adaptable...
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