Chapter 18

Wen Di Great Way Drop dung

大道废,有仁义;智慧出,有大伪;六亲不和,有孝慈;国家昏乱,有忠臣。
Wen di great Way git lef go, datn is when love an rightiousness come ya. Wen allkine schmarrtness start rise op, datn is when big fraud tun op a eevry corner. Wen family cyan getlong, datn is when dutiful chile an kerring parent surface ya. Wen di nation inna ruul an confuusion, datn is when loyal servan dem show dem face.

Diip Reflekshan

Wah dis chaptа bout?

Dis chapter sey se when di proper way a living git los, people start taak bout virtue an goodness like se dis somtng nyoo. When trickery an schmartness reign, hipocracy tun prevalent. Wen fambly breakdown, den weh shoulda be normal—loving an dutiful chile—an caring parent—alluva suudenli seem like great virtue. Wen nation itself inna chaos, loyal minister dem appear like hero.

How it relate to me?

Me see dis pattern op ina me own life. Me neva reely appriishiate di goodnis weh roun me til somtng go wrong an me start holla fi help. Me family love me一直都, but a only wen me inna trubble say se dem real, true, a nuh just comanplace. Me mus learn fi value di natural goodness while it still deh ya.

Wah mi fi do todeh?

Tudeh, me wi look roun mek noice a di ordinary love an goodness roun me—inna me fambly, inna me community—an mek a point fi tendi dem weh show loyalty an goodness regular, nuh jest wen crisis come ya.

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Mi Reflection

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