March 25, 2018

After Reading Lao Tsu: Chapter 60 老子:第六〇章を読んで

何事も焦って早くやろうとしたり強引にやろうとしたりすると,上手くいかない。かえって状況が悪化したり,結果が芳しくなかったりする。人事を尽くし,天命を待つ。待てずにあれこれやればやるほど,かえって場の流れは悪くなる。場の本来の流れを感受し,押しすぎず引きすぎず,ちょうど良い中庸でもって事を進めていく。敵を制するときも同じである。早く決着しようとしたり強引に抑えようとしたりしてあれこれやれば,かえって手間取ることになる。

No matter what situation, we can not do it well whenever we intend to do it in a hurry or by force. Rather, the situation would get worse or the result would become poor. There is a saying that "Do what you can do and then wait for the will of Heaven." The more we do this or that when we can't wait for it, the worse the flow of the situation around us becomes. We should sense the natural flow of the situation around us, not push nor pull it, but go with it on the right middle way. This is the same to getting control over enemies. If we did this or that in order to end it in a hurry or control them by force, we actually would take more trouble than before.

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