I don't know if you have heard the term "Mind like water", I have heard it a handful of times while growing up and just thought of the statement as some weird Mr.Miyagi (karate kids teacher) type statement. It turns out that the statement can be the perfect prescription for people and their problems whether big or small.
Picture yourself sitting next to a small pond on a tranquil morning with no wind or rain. Looking out at the pond you notice how perfectly calm it is. No ripples, no waves just perfectly still water. Water so calm that a when a dragonfly swoops down for a quick swim, the ripples from his landing roll across the pond. This is the essence of mind like water. Your mind is the still pond, the dragonfly would be the problems of everyday life. The pond always reacts to each object that breaks the surface proportionately to the size and speed of the object that hits it, then returns to calm. If you throw a small pebble into the pond you may see a small splash, then small ripples going outward to the walls of the pond before returning to calm. If you throw a boulder into the pond a huge splash will be seen followed by large ripples moving outward to the ponds edge before returning to calm. A pebble will never produce a boulder like splash or ripple, just as we should never make a small problem into a large one through our reactions. Shortly after each object hits the water the water will return to calm, just as our mind should with each problem that life seems to throw at us.
As an avid real estate investor I have often found myself turning life's little problems into big problems which always has a negative effect on my life. Why I do this, I don't know but my best guess is that I was trained from an early age that problems are bad and they need to be treated with drama. Next time a problem comes up in your life try to keep a "Mind like water", if you can look at a problem and say "I'll laugh at this in 10 years" then make the choice to laugh at them today.
留言列表
