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)
“I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.” -Doug Hutchinson
Wherever you are. Whatever you are doing. Whoever you are with.
Find ways to love it all. The highs and the lows. The good and the bad. The memorable and the quotidian.
Love is the key.
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