When we train, even though we have noble intentions, we are not given any promises that all will be okay. Instead, we are encouraged to simply look deeply at joy and sorrow, hoping and fearing, laughter and crying at all that lives and dies.
All facts you receive must be thoroughly examined and then you can apply distinctions that agree with the truth. In the same way we are compelled to examine the ongoing circumstances of our lives. Doing this is part of our responsibility of being human.
Give up all concepts, judgements, and desires and your mind will grow naturally compassionate. The more we let go of what we love, the more present our love becomes. The clearer our insight into what is beyond good and evil, the more we can embody the good.
True greatness depends on being in harmony with what is right and doing things in harmony with the established order. We should go on quietly and perseveringly working at the removal of resistance, then success will come. The less power you apply outwardly, the greater the effect.
Quote: To put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. –Kung fu tzu