great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

In the poem “Thirteen” by Tao, a major theme that seems to be emerging is learning to accept. The poem seem to be telling oneself to not worry about things such as mistakes or fortunes, knowing your own self and loving yourself is more important by accepting, you get to see the world in a better perspective. In the line “Accept being unimportant”, as humans we all want to be or feel important and everyday we want to be socialized with but there are times we feel unwanted and it’s fine, everyone has their own agenda. Also, the line “Do not be concerned with loss or gain” is interesting because we celebrate our gains and complain about our losses. In this view whether we gain or loss something, in the end we have to accept the facts and learn from it. The last line, “Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things”, basically sums up that being able to find you’re own self is important, it’s fine to make mistakes as humans we are growing and learning each day.