For governing people and your self, nothing works as well as moderation, being sparing and adhering to the TAO. The mark of a moderate person is one having freedom from his own thoughts, being all-encompassing like the sky, impartial like the sunlight, firm and stable like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind. He has no destination in view, and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way. Anything is possible for him. Because he has let go, he can care for the people's welfare as a mother cares for her child. This quality the Chinese call "tz`u"` meaning motherly love, compassion. To be sparing is called frugality. By adhering to the TAO one is connected to the unlimited life force, heavy with accumulated te. Being connected to te, one is filled with energy and hence well nourished. To be deeply rooted and firmly planted in TAO, well connected to and strongly nourished in te, is the way to long life and enduring vision.