Favor and disgrace seem alarming. High status greatly afflicts your person. Why are favor and disgrace alarming? Seeking favor is degrading: alarming when it is gotten, alarming when it is lost.
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ELM's conditioning before meeting his love S: from the 13th Verse of the 2500+ year old Tao•Te•Ching (the Way•the shape and power•book) I lived in constant striving to attain it and in constant fear of losing it.
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