Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender you…

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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things. ✨ Laozi (1997). 道德经, Vintage
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Accept disgrace willingly... Accept being unimportant... Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things. ✨ Laozi (1997). 道德经, Vintage

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