Chapter 4

Tao like Empty Sack we Nuh Neva Full

道冲,而用之或不盈。渊兮,似万物之宗。
挫其锐,解其纷,和其光,同其尘。湛兮,似或存。
吾不知谁之子,象帝之先。
Tao like a bag we empty out, but no matta how much yu put inna i, i still nuh go full up. How deep i, like if iida da one weya mek every last sinting! I mek di sharp edge bun, i split up di dispute, i mix wid di lite, an i baddy up wid di duet. How clear i, like i dey yaad suh suh suh! Me no know wa pickney dis Tao is—no way, i did yaad lang time befuo di God Emperor dem.

Diip Reflekshan

Wah dis chaptа bout?

Dis chapta mek we no mek mistake an tinka sey Tao a sumn we complicated. I sey Tao a like a sack we empty empty, but no matta how much good tings yu tek fram i, i still neva full. I deep so, an i still yaad yaad. I bun down all di ego an fight, i bring lite an shadow tugeda, an i mek evriting one. Nuhbody no know we i come fram, but i been yaad befuo any god or emperor start exist.

How it relate to me?

Me use fa feel like me need fi do something massive—an no big—fi feel sey me life mek sinting. But dis chapta sey i neva need no big performance. Just be like di Tao—empty, ready fi accept, an no push too ardt. Wen me larn fi mek less noise, me start feel sey di peace we me want been yaad all long, i jus neva show yet.

Wah mi fi do todeh?

Todie, me go find a quiet seet an mek nuttin. No scrava fi do big tings or impress nobody. Me go jux sit down an feel di breeze like if me baddy up wid di duet wey di Tao taak bout. Me cyan need fi be sharp ar fight nobody—just be still, an wai fi di day mek i own way.

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