An ancient Indian parable comes to mind when I think about the element "earth". A man wants to walk across the land, but the earth is covered with thorns. He has two options: He can pave his road and tame all of nature into compliance, or he can make sandals.
Making sandals does not base success on subduing the world.
Some endeavors require hard work to …
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