Be Water, My Friend

Is a Bruce Lee quote and a book by his daughter, Shannon Lee

I love the reassuring sound of that statement.

Be water.

My friend.

Water is a beautifully metaphor. I wonder if we use it so often because it’s the closest thing we have to energy. Water, unlike energy, is tangible. We can feel it and see it and hear it, yet most of it’s qualities are a lot like the qualities of energy.

So it is with this energetic theme, that I keep reminding myself to be water. Stay fluid. Stay open. Water becomes the shape of what ever it’s in. Cup, bowl, stream, lake. It has no preconceived shape, it’s not out to be anything. When contained it’s still looking for the path of least resistance. Meandering around any obstacle without becoming engaged, offended, really anything but neutral.

I’m finding the concepts in the book are fun to learn, but hard to remember and even harder to articulate. I’ll have to read it again, but I’m enjoying it. I like reminding myself to be water, especially when my peace is being challenged.