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Preventtroublebeforeitarises.Putthingsinorderbeforetheyexist.Thegiantpinetreegrowsfromatinysprout.Thejourneyofathousandmilesstartsfrombeneathyourfeet.
Rushingintoaction,youfail.Tryingtograspthings,youlosethem.Forcingaprojecttocompletion,youruinwhatwasalmostripe.
Therefore,thewisetakeactionbylettingthingstaketheircourse.Theyremainascalmattheendasatthebeginning.Theyhavenothing,thushasnothingtolose.Whattheydesireisnon-desire;whattheylearnistounlearn.Theysimplyremindpeopleofwhotheyhavealwaysbeen.ThewisecareaboutnothingbuttheTao.Thustheycancareforallthings.