On relationships

In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith in them ensued (in the people).

Tao Te Ching · Chapter 17 17

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. James Legge (public domain)

What it means

The best leadership is so light that people feel they did it themselves.

Carry it today

Help someone today in a way that leaves them feeling it was their own doing.