Chapter 38
Top Steem Don't Try Mek Steem
Original
上德无为而无以为；下德为之而有以为。上仁为之而无以为；上义为之而有以为。上礼为之而莫之应，则攘臂而扔之。
故失道而后德，失德而后仁，失仁而后义，失义而后礼。夫礼者，忠信之薄，而乱之首。
前识者，道之华，而愚之始。是以大丈夫处其厚，不居其薄；处其实，不居其华。故去彼取此。
Translieshan
Top steem no do nuhding yet got no reason fi prove notin; lowa steem act and still a try prove somethn. Top love act widout reason; top rightness act and av reason fi do so. Top good manner act but nuhbody respond, so e pull up e sleeve and force it all.
So when Da Way gone, den steem come. When steem gone, den love come. When love gone, den rightness come. When rightness gone, den good manner come. But good manner, e pure thin loyalty, e start of all da trouble.
Dose weh tink dem know befo, dem just di flower of Da Way, and da start of foolishness. So di true man stand pon di thick side, not di thin side; stand pon di real ting, not di flash. So e drop dat and tek dis.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Chapter 38 show say when you truly av good quality, you no need fi show it off. But when you av to try hard fi Mek it look like you av it, you already lose it. E talk bout how every step down from Da Way, from pure action to love, to rightness, to proper manners, e show say something a gone wrong. Di way dem push manners pon people when nuhbody waan it, e cause more problem.
How it relate to me?
Mi reflection pon dis say sometimes mi find meself tryna prove mi good heart, instead of just let e show naturally. When mi a act fi impress people, mi lose di true meaning of wet mi a do. Mi waan fi be like da person weh av real quality but no boast about it.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Today, mi gwane do one kind ting fi somebody, and mi no gwane tell nobody bout it, no post it, no expect notin in return. Just do it from mi heart.
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Mi Reflection
Wah dis chapter mek yuh feel? Wah you ago do wid it?