The Taoteching #13

Favor and disgrace are like warnings
honor and disaster are like the body
and why are favor and disgrace like warnings
favor means descending
to gain it is like a warning
to lose it is like a warning
thus are favor and disgrace like warnings
and why are honor and disaster like the body
the reason we have disaster
is because we have body
if we didn’t have a body
we wouldn’t have disaster
who honors his body as much as the world
can be entrusted with the world
who loves his body as much as the world
can be encharged with the world

Lao-tzu
from The Taoteching