Those who look down upon the world
will surely take hold and try to change things
But this is a plan
I've seen fail again and again
The world is Tao's own vessel
It is perfection manifest

It cannot be changed
It cannot be improved
For those who go on tampering, it's ruined
For those who try to grasp, it's gone

Allow your life to unfold naturally
Know that it too is a vessel of perfection
Just as you breathe in and breathe out

So, sometimes you're ahead and other times behind
Sometimes you're strong and other times weak
Sometimes you're joined and other times alone.

To the sage,
all the life is but a movement toward perfection
So what need has he
for the excessive, the extravagant, or the extreme?

~ Tao Te Ching ~
Verse 29