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A drop of water is minute and feeble. But when many drop come together, they can become a stream that breaks rocks. A caterpillar is slow and unattractive. But emerging from its cocoon, it is lovely butterfly fluttering in the sun. Deficiency is inherent in life. It lies deep in the heart of things. We should use deficiency and transform it. Then, at last, we will understand that deficiency is just another form of beauty.

If we have fir, belief, we can easily adapt to ant situation, doing everything with a happy mind and in a state of equanimity. Firm belief always finds a way. In this world, it is wholly "as it should be" for us to dedicate ourselves to giving joy to others and to increasing their faith. With this kind of resolve, we will always be above gain and loss, fame and slander, suffering and joy. We will always do our best, whatever must be done. 

Parents who treat children with "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship" find that they are both their flesh and bold and their friends. Teachers who embrace the broad-mindedness of "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship" find that their pupils are both their juniors and their contemporaries. Supervisors who employ "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship" find in their subordinates both colleagues in work and comrades who share their joy and sorrow. Husbands and wives who carry out "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship" find mutual respect and tolerance. How wonderful is the good affinity in "three parts guidance and seven parts friendship"!