All of us, including animals, believe the best way to live is to avoid pain and discomfort. A more interesting way to live, is to be curious whether the object of our curiosity is bitter or sweet. We can endure a lot to find out how we tick and how our world ticks, how the whole thing just is.
Things cannot remain in stillness, storms and acts of nature may destroy some things, but they also prepare the way for new life. As one thing is destroyed this makes room for new things to emerge and begin their own cycle. All growth and all things have their own natural cycle.
Practice the four cardinal virtues. First reverence for all life; love and respect all beings and things. Second, sincerity; this manifests as honesty and simplicity. Third, kindness; being gentle with yourself and others. The fourth, service to others with no expectation of reward.
When inner worth mounts with great force, there is danger that when this force comes to power you may forget to ask what is right and, being intent on movement, you may not wait for the right time. Great power and force must be indissolubly united with what is right.
Quote: Anything, we do to the world we do to ourselves.