Softness is Life, Hardness is Death

Allow yourself to be soft

Allow yourself to be soft

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Recently, my life has become like an oak tree attempting to stand tall against the raging wind. If the wind blows hard enough, even the mighty oak will snap. Bending to the wind isn’t in its nature. Its nature is to stand firm and strong forever. But in Taoism, humans aren’t like oak trees. We ar…