By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

The masters of life know the way, for they listen to the voice within them, the voice of wisdom and simplicity, the voice that reasons beyond cleverness and knows beyond knowledge.

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.