At one point in his life Tao Te Ching, the founder of taoism said, "Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear." I found it while I was researching the way of Tao for my brother's essay and it seemed to imprint itself on my mind. As for my interpretation, I believe the quote is about letting the course of time straighten things out for us, that there is no need to fight the unknown, because that would only make the watter murkier. But on my long bus ride from London to Sheffield I brought myself to wonder, the thing is, every time I let the watter clear up, let the sediments find themselves drawn to the bottom of the pool by their weight, the only thing that I can see clearer is the gravity of the situation - in other terms, how much muck is at the bottom. So riddle me this, how is one to live? Are we to swim and fight or rather sit at the edge with our motionless feet merely dipped in? How does one achieve cleanness, an is that the thing we are to strive for? Ether way if one choses to clean out their life, an do away with all guilt and regret, before the water can get cleaner, it must become stirred up and dirty. Though I have no right, but being of a rude and rebellious nature, I shall change the quote up a bit to match my own purposes. "Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear. When you see what is on the bottom, you are ready to choose your tools of cleaning it out..."
