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Swimming against the tide

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Swimming against the tide is tiring unless you’re a salmon aiming to swim upstream to spawn, and I am guessing, seeing as salmon are not prolific readers of my blog, that you’re not.

In life, we expend so much energy resisting things that we deep down know are the right solutions or the right choices.

All we need to do is let go, let go of inhibition, let go of fear, let go of worry and follow our instincts.

Go with the flow, because until some obstacle comes along, we can float happily through life. When the obstacle comes we’ll have to deal with it, but all obstacles can be overcome. If it can’t, then choose a different stream to flow down.

Swim with the tide, it’s so much more enjoyable, is less tiring and who knows what will come along, that’s the exciting thing about life, the unexpected, the magical, the unknown.

Rigidity

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We are taught that rigidity is a good thing, especially if you have a building or structure that you don’t want to come crashing down.

We need to follow the curriculum rigidly if we are to get results. There needs to be rigidity in our diet, we need to follow the plan.

We have to be strict.

Daily rituals, habits and all the things that build momentum are good, we have to take the small regular steps. We have to be able to focus and be disciplined.

But they do not have to rigid.

Tall buildings for example, without flexibility, would tumble to the ground in high winds, as wood the less flexible trees.

Sometimes we just have to say ‘what the f…’ and just let our hair down, have that glass of champagne, eat something that we really want to, stay up til the early hours, party, and just have fun.

We have to break rules and challenge things, no one wants anarchy, but rigidity is equally as bad.

If we are always rigid with ourselves then life becomes dull. If we are always rigid as a society, it becomes bland and complaint.

Flexibility is what makes life special.