3 Lao-Tzu Quotes That Will Help You Be a Better Parent
Your mission as a parent is to be a guide, not a guard
The Tao Te Ching, a book of wisdom, was translated in virtually every language. Many scholars consider this Chinese classic volume as the collection of 81 verses that lead to a balanced, peaceful, and happy existence. About 100 short passages in this book describe a way of living that is moral, spiritual and harmonious.
The valuable wisdom of each verse can also be applied to the process of upbringing and parenting a child. I’ve chosen three quotes from two passages that have given me insight into life as a mother:
We live in a world of contrasts
“Under heaven, all can see beauty as beauty, only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Being and nonbeing produce each other. The difficult is born in the easy. Long is defined by short, the high by the low. Before and after go along with each other.”
- Lao-Tzu 2nd Verse of “Tao Te Ching”
