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Radiate like the Sun, Reflect like the Moon

By Shawn Cartwright

Taoist thought suggests you should “Be like the Sun and Moon.”

This saying means several things, but one important one is that the sun radiates outward and the moon reflects.

The sun is full, so it radiates, asking nothing but giving everything. The moon is empty; it has nothing, so it receives everything.

The sun [...]