Breathe

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”~ Lao Tzu ~ Water never fights the riverbank. It doesn’t force its way through rock — it just keeps moving, and over enough time, the rock gives way instead. That’s flow. Not forcing. Not gripping. Just staying in motion, trusting the current…

“We need to learn to use technology in a way that promotes mindfulness and balance, rather than mindlessness and addiction.”~Arianna Huffington~ Tink doesn’t need a routine for this. He just does it. Game’s over, glove comes off, phone stays in the bag a little longer. He takes it all in first — the field, the…

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”~ Aristotle ~ We tend to think of energy as physical — get up, get moving, get the blood pumping. And sure, that first breath of morning air does something for you. But the energy that actually carries your day is mental. It’s where your mind’s…

“He who is in harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.”~Confucius (paraphrase, Doctrine of the Mean)~ Some things you can’t force. You can study a river for years and still not understand it the way you do standing at its edge for five quiet minutes. Harmony isn’t something…

“Opportunity doesn’t always arrive looking inspiring. Sometimes it arrives disguised as the thing you would have avoided if you had been given the choice.”~Slim Sammy~ Nobody signs up for the hard version. You want the opportunity that shows up looking like a gift — easy, obvious, exciting. Instead it shows up looking like a delay,…

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”~Thich Nhat Hanh~ The calm you find in the morning doesn’t have to stay in the morning. The Dude is working on that one in real time — trying to carry it into the traffic, the noise, whatever Friday throws at him. It’s a work in progress. But it’s worth the…