A Tribute to Grass...

Grass doesn't make a fuss. It doesn't try to be beautiful or outstanding. It doesn't want to attract attention. It is so humble that it even allows people to walk all over it. Yet it possesses such strength. It glows in healthy green despite being stepped all over. When a typhoon strikes and all the flowers die and all the tall trees get uprooted, the humble grass survives. I think a virtuous person should be like grass. Humble, unnoticed, yet possessing great strength and kindness.

-- Tan Chade Meng, Budhist Contemplation