Week 6 · eastern

Lao Tzu

There's a book that's been translated more than any text on earth except the Bible. It's 81 short poems. The author may not have existed. If he did, he was a Chinese archivist who got fed up with civilization, climbed on an ox, and rode toward the mountains. A guard at the border asked him to write down what he knew before he disappeared. The result was the Tao Te Ching.

“"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth." Even though Lao Tzu wrote that 2,500 years ago, its wisdom still seems more relevant than ever...especially when scrolling through a feed full of polished, confident advice from people "killing it."”