Watch Your Step, Hippie

Watch your step: Lao Tzu

We all know the first part of this aphorism but how many of us are familiar with the second part?

It completely changes the complexion of the message, away from a cheap Nike-style “just do it” - which incidentally is the central tenet of consumerism - towards a much more cautious approach to decision-making.

If a small step can take you on a long journey, you need to think hard about every new step that you choose to take.

Because as one of my early characters Fangio said: “Mate, a journey of a thousand Li takes a thousand f...ing Li.”

P. Julian

15 January 2019

#laotzu#laotzuquotes #discernment #consumerism#justdoit #wisdom #chinesewisdom #sage#philosophy #paimei #alternative#deepwisdom #justdoit #caution #decisions#deciding #writersofinstagram