You are your own master:
If a country is governed wisely, its inhabitants will be content. They enjoy the labor of their hands and don’t waste time inventing labor-saving machines. Since they dearly love their homes, they aren’t interested in travel. There may be a few wagons and boats, but these don’t go anywhere. There may be an arsenal of weapons, but nobody ever uses them. People enjoy their food, take pleasure in being with their families, spend weekends working in their gardens, delight in the doings of the neighborhood. And even though the next country is so close that people can hear its roosters crowing and its dogs barking, they are content to die of old age without ever having gone to see it.
Mitchell, Stephen (2009-10-13). Tao Te Ching (Perennial Classics) (p. 86-87). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
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Sublime.
My in-laws have lived in Germany 10 miles from France for 25 years, and have visited less than 10 times. Ah the old country…
beautiful
Interesting. So you could say that whenever young people feel the need to travel, whenever people seem discontented with their work, whenever people are looking for easier ways to do things, it is a sign of a poorly governed land. I guess that sums up many Western nations.
Nice metaphor for inner game.
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