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Selflessness
Good fortune and misfortune cause apprehension.
Regard great trouble as you regard your self.
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What is meant by
“Good fortune and misfortune cause apprehension?”
Those with good fortune are apprehensive of their gain.
Those with misfortune are apprehensive of their loss.
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What is meant by
“Regard great trouble as you regard your self?”
Great trouble comes from being selfish.
Being selfless, what trouble is there?
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Therefore those who value the world as themselves
may be entrusted to govern the world.
Those who love the world as themselves
may be entrusted to care for the world.
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~ Tao Te Ching
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