So I sat outside and tried to think like Lao Tzu. I went over to the lake, and thought for a while about the water.
"Best to be like water,
Which benefits the ten thousand things
And does not contend. It pools where humans disdain to dwell
Close to the Tao." pg 8
Water is a symbol of the Tao because it is constantly flowing. It can fit around anything, and hold all things. Its shape is indefinite. It does not impose its will on anything, but instead lets itself be moved. Yet, without action, it can shape stone, and carry you away with a wave as if you weighed nothing. The usefulness of an ocean is in its endless "empty" space.
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