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Tao Te Ching 76

1Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered.

2Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.

3Hence he who (relies on) the strength of his forces does not conquer; and a tree which is strong will fill the out-stretched arms, (and thereby invites the feller.)

4Therefore the place of what is firm and strong is below, and that of what is soft and weak is above.

source: Tao Te Ching · James Legge (1891) · Project Gutenberg

WEBREATH · 11:11

«Giving undivided attention to the vital breath, one can become as a tender babe» — Tao Te Ching 10

Breath is one for all: everyone lives by it, whoever they are and whatever they believe. Every day at 11:11 local time people stop for sixty seconds, breathe, and thank GOD for the breath — each in their own words, each within themselves. In that minute we are One Breath.

WEBREATH — the Minute at 11:11, your own local time — we are One Breath

Tao Te Ching 76 · Taoism