Frugality (Taoist)
One of Lao Tzu's three treasures is frugality—not meanness, but a refusal to waste the world. Gratitude is the inner side of frugality. We use less because we taste more. A simple meal, mended clothes, a walk instead of a purchase: these can be thank-yous to the earth. Excess often comes from not having paused to receive what we already hold. Enough is a Taoist feast.
"I have three treasures which I hold and keep: compassion, frugality, and not daring to be first."
— Tao Te Ching, ch. 67
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