Seeing Without I’s
“Heaven is long lasting;
Earth endures.
Heaven is able to be long lasting and Earth is able to endure,
because they do not live for themselves.
And so, they are able to be long lasting and to endure.
This is why sages put themselves last and yet come first;
Treat themselves as unimportant and yet are preserved.
Is it not because they have no thought of themselves, that they
are able to perfect themselves?”
-老子(Laozi)
When (…) read this, (…) am reminded of: “The last shall be first.”
Humility and selflessness are most certainly virtues.
Therefore, (…) am taking the ”I” out of my sentences.
(…) hope it’s not too confusing.
But (…) think sometimes we need a little confusion is our logic-obsessed society.
What do (…) know, right?
Who am (…) to make judgements about society?
What am (…) and how do (…) fit into society?
Do these questions even matter?
Why am (…) doing this?
(…) don’t really know…