http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/lao-tzu-diligence-amp-ridicule en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;When superior people hear of the Way, they carry it out with diligence. </em></p><p align="center"><em>When middling people hear of the Way, it sometimes seems to be there, sometimes not. </em></p><p align="center"><em>When lesser people hear of the Way, they ridicule it greatly.</em></p><p align="center"> <em>If they didn't laugh at it, it wouldn't be the Way.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Lao-tzu, 6th century bce Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism</p><p align="center">from <em>Tao Te Ching</em></p><p>You ever have any friends laugh at you for so passionately pursuing your highest ideals?</p><p>Me, too.</p><p>It can be annoying until you create a peer group of peeps who share your values.</p><p>In the meantime (and after as well), remember that people have ridiculed the concept of the Way (or the idea of striving to thinkAreté , self-actualizing, self-improvement, etc.) for centuries.</p><p>Here's to carrying out your Way with diligence.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:12 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:161:161 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/161