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Daily Tao #093 (Saturday, October 2) - *Confidence*

 

 

*Confidence*

 

Truth perceived gives assurance.

Skill yields self-reliance.

With courage, we can defy danger.

To increase power, increase humility.

 

 

Through constant contemplation, we can arrive at the truth. The more

experienced we are, the more thorough our understanding, and thus the

more we can come to rely on our knowledge. When we exercise what we

know, it not only extends our understanding of the truth but helps us

take action in meaningful ways. The more we do, the more self-reliant we

are.

Every achievement brings a wonderful dividend of confidence. We

try greater and greater ventures, until we are brave enough to accomplish

undertakings far beyond what the average person imagines. When we reach

that level of consummate skill, it is a time of both celebration and

extreme caution. We are justified to rejoice, for this is the level of

ability that we have been striving so long and hard to attain. It is

also the time for caution because the foolish will eventually try

something too great for them to handle. Pride and passion will lead to

their downfall.

Therefore, the more accomplished one becomes, the more circumspect

one should be. The higher one's skills, the more precarious one's road.

The most powerful followers of Tao are also among the most humble. By

veiling their light until the proper moments, they escape the greatest

danger of all: hubris.

 

 

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from _365 Tao: Daily Meditations_ by Deng Ming-Dao

Copyright 1992 Deng Ming-Dao

Published by HarperSanFrancisco (ISBN 0-06-250223-9)

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