Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion. He who grasps loses. The sage does no act, and so is not defeated. He does not grasp and therefore does not lose.
People usually fail when they are on the verge of success.
Therefore the sage seeks freedom from desire. He does not collect precious things. He learns not to hold on to ideas. He brings men back to what they have lost. He helps the ten thousand things find their own nature, But refrains from action.