The Tide of the Tao

Tides sweep the shoreline

Shattering anything in their wake.

Try to fight them,

And you will fail.

Follow their course,

And you will succeed.

Waves erode and transform.

Follow the tide to change.

Do not force it.

A stone tossed into the waves is smooth.

A stone chiseled by man is cracked.

Force is brutal.

The Tao is pure.

Fighting the way of nature

Is as futile as fighting the tide.

Let things progress

Without trying to force them.

The Tao is the power that controls the waves.

We follow the tide.

We follow the Tao.