take it easy

Trying too hard produces unexpected results:

• The flashy person lacks stability.
  
• Trying to rush matters gets you nowhere.
  
• Trying to appear brilliant is not enlightened.
  
• Insecure leaders try to promote themselves.
  
• Impotent leaders capitalize on their position.
  
• It is not very holy to point out how holy you are.
  

All of these behaviors come from insecurity. They feed insecurity. None of them helps the work. None contributes to the wise person's health.

The wise person who knows how things happen does not do these things

Consider:

When you think that you are good, what are you comparing yourself with? Perfection? Or your own insecurities?

Do you want fame? Fame will complicate your life and compromise simplicity in your comings and goings.

Is it money? The effort of trying to get rich will steal your time.

Any form of egocentricity, of selfishness, obscures your deeper self and blinds you to how things happen.