23.

Nature needs few words.

Fierce winds don’t blow all morning,

torrents don’t pour all day.

What makes all this?

Heaven and earth.

If heaven and earth don’t make things eternal,

how much less is the human.

Therefore, practicing the Tao,

those following the way become the way;

those who succeed embody success;

failure embodies failure.

The power is such that

with each gain, we welcome gain;

with each loss, we welcome loss.

Without trust in this,

what is there to trust at all?