Original:
Thirty spokes have a hub, when there is none, there is a car. 埏埴 as a tool, when it is not, there is a tool for use. The chisel is a room, and when it is not, there is a room. Therefore, some are used for profit, and nothing is used.
Translation:
It is precisely because the axle has 30 empty holes that the 30 strips can be inserted into the axle at the same time, so that the car can run.
At the same time, the car is hollow, so it can sit people, can put things, can be used as a car, if the car is solid, neither can sit people, nor can put things, you can't call a car, at best you can only call a car model.
Also, if a house is solid in the middle and stuffed with sand, people will definitely not be able to live in it, and the house will lose its original function and function.
Therefore, Lao Tzu warned us that to achieve a career, we must first keep ourselves in a non-existent mentality, which is now called an empty cup mentality.
We must not let what we have now, that can bring us benefits, occupy our thoughts and eyes, and we must always empty our minds and let our eyes be diverted from what we have in front of us, and look higher and farther.
In life, or work, after we have made some achievements, we should empty our mentality at any time and start from scratch.
We learn to iterate constantly, constantly empty and refill, in order to continue to improve, rather than just being satisfied with a little bit of what we have achieved.
After reading this passage, we learn to temporarily empty our mentality and thoughts, so that new knowledge, methods and wisdom can be injected like tea, and talents can continue to bring good luck and bring blessings.