Thursday, October 23, 2008

Tao de Ching, Chapter 11

We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.

We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.

We hammer wood for a house,
but it is the inner space
that makes it livable.

We work with being,
but non-being is what we use.

1 comments:

steve said...

ah! very wise. we only build around what is most important. what is truly valuable is intangible.