Listen now | How being open to change can help us flow into paths meant for us, with a famous Quote from Bruce Lee

Hello Hello Happy Tuesday listeners! Welcome to another episode of Minute Explorations. Today we are going to be diving into the idea of Adaptability and being open to changing directions. And this came about because I had a whole talk I was writing up for today and I couldn't stop writing down my ideas for it, and it kept on getting longer and longer and more in depth, and I felt super passionate about it, and engaged aaaaaand it definitely wasn't a Minute Exploration at all, so I decided to put that talk on our Friday agenda for our longer show where I open it up for a larger discussion with you all. It's gonna be a good one, so stay tuned for Friday.

So that leads me into today! Today's Minute Exploration is on Adaptability because this morning we did just that. Sometimes changing directions is important. And a lot of times it wasn't what we planned or intended, but it was exactly what we needed at the time. And to help illustrate the fact even further, and in honor of Asian American Heritage month, I found a wonderful quote from Bruce Lee, who was one of the most famous and respected martial artists out there. Bruce Lee is still widely respected for his dedication to his work and endless training and was taken from us all too soon. Here is the most famous quote he is attributed to, and his memori written after his passing by his wife, Shannon Lee, bears the title of his message here too: Be Water, My friend, here is the quote: 

"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

- Bruce Lee

When we allow ourselves to be adaptable to the world around us, we allow ourselves to take part in that experience and fill that experience with ourselves too. We become one with the flow of the universe. Sometimes the way we survive, is being open to being adaptable to what the world is telling us. If we are rigid, or unchanging, the world around us wears us down like water does because the world knows that the only constant thing is change.

To today, this wonderful Tuesday ask yourself:

What ways can you lean into change?

How can you flow through the day ahead and accept what is rather than fight, what isn’t? 

I'm Coach Kate. Thank you for listening to today's adaptation of Minute Explorations. If you liked what you heard today, give me a follow as we explore new explorations weekdays together. If you liked today's quote, here’s Bruce Lee saying this exact quote in an interview:

Thanks again. 

Be Water, My Friends

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