Do Not Lean Only on Your Own Understanding
Trust the larger flow with all your heart, and do not lean your whole weight on your own narrow understanding.
How often have I missed the larger picture by insisting my own judgment was the only right one?
📝Reflection
The certainty that 'I know it all' is often the most dangerous cliff. This verse does not say to discard your understanding, but not to lean your whole weight on it. A person's field of vision is narrow, and a judgment that looked right today often looks foolish tomorrow. Socratic wisdom about not-knowing, and Laozi's 'those who know do not speak,' are other names for this humility. To use your judgment as a walking stick but not a wall, to leave one seat open for a flow larger than yourself — that is the step that does not fall.
🌱Apply It Today
To one judgment that feels 'certain' today, attach the question: 'What percent chance is there that I am wrong?'
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
