Chapter 8

Di Bes Goodnes is Like Wata

水 不争 上善 柔弱

Original

上善若水。水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶，故几于道。
居善地，心善渊，与善仁，言善信，政善治，事善能，动善时。夫唯不争，故无尤。

Translieshan

Di bes goodnes is like wata. Wata duh good ta all di creature dem weh God mek, an' im no fight none a dem. Im go weh evrybody run from—di low-plaas, di places weh ppln tink is bad. Yet a so wata live, close to how di Tao duh it. Di sage weh waan Mek it right: im mek wie im live, im keep im haat deep an' stil, im share wi every last one same way, im taak true an' good, im lead people right, im duh weh im hafta duh an' duh iid well, an' im move wen di taim rite. Kaaz im no fight wid nobody, im no get no daag fi it.

Diip Reflekshan

Wah dis chaptа bout?

Wata teach wi how fi Mek it right. Im flow dung-taang all tings, no matta whe dem guh. Im no struggle ar wid dem—im just gi weh im haffi gi an' move ron. Evrybody waan di hilltop, bot wata go di valley weh nobody waan. An' ya so im live, close to di way a God. Di sage body dat: im Mek wie im live, keep im haat deep, treat ppln right, spek true, lead well, duh im work rite, an' mek move wen iit iim rite.

How it relate to me?

Mi use teh struggle suh hard tuh Mek everything haapen a mi way. Bot wata show mi sey a no wa we haffi duh. Mi kyan learn tehnak fi flow, fi gi wata ppln need, an' no fight wen tings no guh mi way. Di more mi stop fight, di mori mi find piiis.

Wah mi fi do todeh?

Tudeh, mi ago ubserve wata. Fi one task weh mi haffi duh, mi ago duh iid no matta weh mi raitop. Mi no go fight raitop anybody fi Mek iid mine. An' wen tings no Mek sense, mi go try tehnak fi just flow wid iid.

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Mi Reflection

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