"A humane person is one who helps others to be established when he wishes to be established himself, and helps others to be successful when he wishes to be successful himself. To start from one's own desires can be said to be a way of practicing humanity," (Wangdao 7).
I really love this analect. If I can have one experience this week where someone helps me in this manner or I help someone else, I would be grateful. They happen often, but I've seen so many times when what is normally just thought of as cool becomes quite profound when juxtaposed to one of Confucius' analects. Even though what I'm about to say I'm saying with a cold and fever, while it's raining, I do think it is going to be a fantastic week!
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