Sometimes we are reluctant to fulfill our purpose.

Nature is not benevolent; with ruthless indifference she makes all things serve their purposes . . .
      - Lao Tzŭ. Lao Tzŭ, as quoted in The Wisdom of the East: The Sayings of Lao Tzŭ, translated from the Chinese by Lionel Giles, 1904. For the original text from which this is drawn, visit here.

Sometimes, we are reluctant to fulfill our purpose
Sometimes it takes a little tough love.

The pelican hunts. The heron wades. Each follows its tao — not by deliberation, but by the grain of what it is. The resistance we feel may itself be part of the way.

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