Saturday, July 20, 2013
Try something new for 30 days
Western society is terribly goal-oriented and it’s almost impossible to avoid being indoctrinated into this accomplishment mindset. We’re so anxious to move beyond where we are; to escape our current circumstances and to get to wherever it is that we think we are going. An old Taoist story illustrates my point nicely:
“There was a man who disliked seeing his footprints and his shadow. He decided to escape from them, and began to run. But as he ran along, more footprints appeared, while his shadow easily kept up with him. Thinking he must be going too slowly, he ran faster and faster without stopping, until he finally collapsed from exhaustion and died.
If he had stood still, there would have been no footprints. If he had rested in the shade, his shadow would have disappeared.”
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