All is an expression of the TAO, which gives birth to every being, nourishes it, develops it, sustains it, and maintains it, cares for it, comforts it, protects it, ripens it, takes it back to itself, creating without possessing, acting without expecting, guiding without interfering. TAO gives them life, nature (Te) nourishes them, things shape them, circumstances perfect them, and all return back to TAO. That is why love of the TAO is in the very nature of things, and will ever be a natural mystery. The TAOist affirms: "thanks for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever."