Memorial to Dad

After my father passed this December I lost my shit for a while. I am back in it now. In the interim I decided to do a memorial for him so I will never forget. Now my pops was a pretty sage guy. In the process of processing I dove into the Tao Te Ching. One of his favorite reads. In digging through the text a passage struck me that reminded me of my father. The final passage, "Through Selfless Action he attains fulfillment". That was my father, loving, selfless. I had this fitting passage of the Tao tattooed on my arm. Now I will never forget the importance of selfless action.

Here is the passage on my arm:

Here is the whole passage:

Heaven and earth last forever.
Why do heaven and earth last forever?
They are unborn,
So ever living.
The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead.
He is detached, thus at one with all.
Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment