I was pondering how to remain sane in the tumult and violence that seems to be our world these days, where lunatics of every stripe are taking center stage, when I remembered this quote from Bruce Lee, the great kung fu master:
Be like water making its way through cracks.Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object,and you shall find a way through it.Be water, my friend.
Thinking about his words on my island walkabout, the refrigerator hum of my buzzing brain quieted. I felt a great sense of peace descend. In that sudden respite, I relaxed and thought: hey, everything’s going to be okay.
It was a “si, si puedo” moment. Brief, but profound.
And it gave me renewed hope and strength.
Hi Sally, I am getting kicked out again and saying that I have to rejoin The Improvised Life so I am not getting in…. Help. Thanks Cassandra Greene
Reminds me of David Foster Wallace commencement speech at Kenyon in 2005 titled “This is Water”
link: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=david+foster+wallace+this+is+water&view=detail&mid=B6EF27EC2AB7F6CF490FB6EF27EC2AB7F6CF490F&FORM=VIRE
not to split hairs, but you do no honor to bruce lee in calling him a ‘karate master’. bruce lee practiced kung fu.
Thanks for your email. I should have caught the limitating description when the piece came in, and will change it. My understanding is that Bruce Lee practiced many forms of Kung Fu.