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Dim Brightness

Dim Brightness

 Heaven will last,

 earth will endure.

 How can they last so long?

 They don’t exist for themselves

 and so can go on and on.

 So wise souls

 leaving self behind

 move forward,

 and setting self aside

 stay centered. 

Why let the self go?

To keep what the soul needs.

-- Ursula LeGuin 

 

Her version of Tao Te Ching #7.  Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson