If a country is governed wisely,
its inhabitants will be content.
They enjoy the labor of their hands
and don’t waste time inventing
labor-saving machines.
Since they dearly love their homes,
they aren’t interested in travel.
There may be a few wagons and boats,
but these don’t go anywhere.
There may be an arsenal of weapons,
but nobody ever uses them.
People enjoy their food,
take pleasure in being with their families,
spend weekends working in their gardens,
delight in the doings of the neighborhood.
And even though the next country is so close
that people can hear its roosters crowing and its dogs barking,
they are content to die of old age
without ever having gone to see it. -Verse 80 of the “Tao Te Ching” by Lao Tzu (Stephen Mitchell translation)
The closer you can get to narrowing the gulf between those activities you naturally love to do as well as those you have to do, the happier you will be.
One giant clue…your attitude.
Even the most laborious tasks, can you view them differently? Can you find the fun in them? The learning? The growth? Can you flow with them?
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