Success is a a word we hear all too often. It has become a goal unto itself. We chase this and that, run here and there looking for success. If success were really out there why the chase? Why the pursuit? If it were within reach wouldn't we have found it and then find peace and stillness with it? It seems that most of us haven't found it, or we are not sure what it is or what it looks like for us so we run and chase and tire. Chinese philosopher Guanzi has some advice for us in our pursuit of success:
Don't run in the place of horses
or you'll exhaust your strength
don't fly in the place of birds
or you'll wear out your wings.
Don't act before others
so you can observe their examples.
If you stir, you lose your position
be calm, and you'll spontaneously succeed.
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