We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it.

The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid.

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

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

Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be transported instantly to heaven. No problem. We'd like to see them explain things to Saint Peter at the Gate, when he asks them what they did with the world that God entrusted to them. That might get a bit sticky.

Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.

A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.