Purpose
In Western society, we are often pressured to have goals, action plans, purpose. We must define things. Life must have meaning. Things must happen for a reason or be part of some greater architecture. The sage rejects these desires. This is illustrated in an old Chinese tale:
There was a farmer who owned a prize mare and people praised it far and wide. One day his horse turned up missing and his neighbors offered their sympathies to the farmer, to which he replied, “It is what it is.”
A few days passed and the mare returned along with a mighty stallion. The people of his town congratulated him on his good fortune, to which the farmer replied, “It is what it is.”
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