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Failure is an opportunity

Failure is an opportunity

Recently a friend sent me a quote from the Tao te Ching by Lao Tzu. I could not help reading it again. Here's another insightful thought to meditate on.

The photo is a decapitated meditating Buddha at the beautiful Borobudur Temple in Central Java, Indonesia.
The photo is a decapitated meditating Buddha at the beautiful Borobudur Temple in Central Java, Indonesia.



Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else,
there is no end to the blame.

Therefore the Master
fulfills her own obligations
and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do
and demands nothing of others.

Verse 79 Tao te Ching (by Lao-tzu)

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