Thank you, for your positivity and reminding us to see the silver-lining.
John F. Kennedy once famously pronounced, “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents ‘danger’ and one represents ‘opportunity’.”
In other words, where danger exists, so too does opportunity (or its possibility, at least). This is ancient Chinese wisdom, as evident in the Dao De Jing, a work rich in fruitful contradictions.
Its author, philosopher Laozi (6th century BC), reconciles these apparent tensions in this paradoxical truth: Prosperity rests on disaster, disaster is hidden in prosperity. Who knows the line that separates them?
