Too close for wisdom
The Chinese symbol for Danger is composed of crisis plus opportunity.
Westerners love this beautiful insight.
Yet when you ask a Chinese person if they know it, they all know how
to write danger, and when asked, they all know what each of the
components mean, but most have never stopped to think of the wisdom
and inherent lesson contained therein.
Some times we are too close to things to notice.
Sent from my iPhone – pardon typos
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