Today I started by looking at #79 and at the end Andee Scarantino joined me for that, but before she came on I was joined by Loyce for my translation of #58.
#58 "To Oversee, Don’t Interfere"
In overseeing anything, don’t interfere,
Let everything flourish in its own time.
Interfering, you get met with resistance
Or worse, apathetic adherence.
Misery and misfortune are tied to expectation.
To expect success is to focus on failure,
To expect happiness is to invite misery,
To expect moral adherence is to flirt with tragedy.
There is no escaping it, expecting good yields bad,
This is interfering, it has always been true.
The Master therefore is content to simply be an example
She has no desire to impose, and trusts all she oversees,
She is firm but yielding, she is sharp, yet none are cut by her
She is radiant, but easy on the eyes.
#79
A great conflict, even when resolved,
Leaves behind a bitter taste.
How can the residue of enmity be cleansed?
The teaching of the Sage is this:
Hold not to your claim, but to your contract.
Abandon entitlement and accept obligation.
Trust in the virtues of the Cosmic Way:
Disperse guilt and depart from blame.
The Tao plays no favorites,
But calls upon the inner truth of all.
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