Not Rejection.

Taoism can be reduced to its simplest premise: 'It is what it is'.
Seeing life in this way, is to see it for what it is, and nothing more, or less.
The mind may judge a thing as 'good', or as 'bad'.
Suspend the mind, and the thing becomes what it always was: what it is.
Things, events, situations, experiences: all are what they are.
The mind rejects anything it decides is 'bad', and it does this frequently.
Thus it isolates itself from life. Separate and apart.
Put the mind to bed, and life becomes a magical, mystical event, and one that can be fully lived.

Taoism is: Non-rejection of any facet of existence.
Taoism is not: Rejection of the 'uncomfortable', the 'inconvenient', the 'bad'.

Not Wisdom.

Wisdom is what you can get, when you couldn't get what you really wanted.
It isn't something that waits for you to find it.
It isn't, in fact, anything at all.
Tasteless, odorless, colorless, formless. What is it, anyway?
An accident that may befall even the most careful.
Accidents may sometimes be beneficial.
Taoism is: wisdomless.
Taoism is not: a search for wisdom.

Not Happiness.

Or, rather: pretending to be happy.
A portrayal of happiness, when such a state does not, exist, subverts happiness.
Portraying the appearance of happiness, then passing judgement on the required happiness-level of others, does not promote happiness.
Taoism is: neither happy, nor unhappy. It is whatever it is, whenever it is.
Taoism is not: happiness, or the appearance of it.

Not Equality.

We are - almost without exception - not equal, whatever "equality" means.
"We" refers to the still-living. Thus we are all equal in terms of possessing life.
Other than that, there is nothing "equal" about any of us.
This is so blindingly obvious, that nobody notices.
Like The Meaning Of Life: So simple that surely, it can not be what it actually is: To Live It.
Taoism is: being true to whatever we discover we are. Utterly unique, while being a part-of the universal whole.
Taoism is not: a commitment to the "equality of all people".

Not Toeism.

One may become obsessed with studying one's toes, and this is the nature of toeism.
But one's toe is only a small part of the whole.
One must see oneself as a whole. And the whole is not just oneself, but one's life within the whole cosmos. And if you expected to find wisdom here, then you might. But you'll have to sift through the zany humour, to find it.
Taoism is: the rejection of toeism.
Taoism is not: toeism.

Living.

Living involves participating directly in the process of life.
It does not involve interpreting life, as a process, outside of the one interpreting it.
To become the life one lives, is the nature of taoism.
Taoism is: the seamless oneness of life, and the living of it.
Taoism is not: the separation of  life, and the one observing it.

Non-Judgement.

Being whole and healthy requires consideration of phenomena, before judgement is made.
A judgement, made before consideration of phenomena, finishes the phenomena.
To judge a thing, renders that thing finished-with, and extinct.
Unjudged, that thing remains a phenomenon, vital and active.
Judging takes a thing, labels it, puts it in a box, and assumes it as understood.
Unjudged, that thing remains an active source of information and potential.

The thing may lead to other things.
Other things may, themselves, lead to still more...
It, and they, may be essential to the continued unfolding of things.

To judge, is to put an end to potential.
To not judge, is to consider potential, and allow an unfolding of events.

Taoism is: consideration before judgement.
Taoism is not: judgement before consideration.