You are still guided by your expectations.

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a person is the atrophy of his mind.

...the ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.

If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.

The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.