304. Poem in Your Pocket Day
April is National Poetry Month and April 18 is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Here’s the poem I’m carrying around all day today and reading whenever I get a chance.
It’s by Lao Tzu who was a philosopher of ancient China.
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The Uses of Not
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Thirty spokes
meet in the hub,
Where the wheel isn’t
is where it’s useful.
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Hollowed out,
clay makes a pot.
Where the pot’s not
is where it’s useful.
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Cut doors and windows
to make a room.
Where the room isn’t,
there’s room for you.
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So the profit in what is
is in the use of what isn’t.
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by Lao Tzu
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Do you have a poem in your pocket?
