Everyone has a different background, it might have been challenging or easy, good or bad. The bottom line is nobody has a perfect start in life (there are exceptions to the rule).
I am 29 about to turn 30 and I am free from any past reasons or excuses for doing what I do today or being where I am at today. We are human beings and to BE is the main reason we are called human BEINGS.
Where does this book kick in for you? If you feel that you are overwhelmed, indolent, or confused this book is one of the building blocks to help you to find your direction.
From reading "Do Less, Achieve More" I've interpreted some new thoughts for myself that I'd like to share. In a capitalistic society and an instantaneous one at that we try to make things our way. In one aspect this is good because we are utilizing the freedom we have that others in different countries may not have. But in trying, we try to control events to go our way.
We should look at life as a flowing river (from the Tao Te Ching) because it's easier to swim with the current than to go agains the current. Since life is oxymoronic, I am not telling you to go along to get along because life would be boring.
In an effort to bend results in our favor, anxiety develops and the best way is to let things flow while we BE. Do not confuse "going with the flow" as being stagnant, we as humans must stay moving until we die.
Time is something we have attempted to control, but in reality it's impossible. Time has existed well before humans did and will dissolve all things in existence. Don't believe me? How many of us can name the movers and shakers before we were born? There were so many inventors, entertainers, artists, laborers, and leaders that contributed so much but have been forgotten due to time.
In yoga, you simply allow the body to relax itself to the desired posture instead of force. When you are relaxed the body opens itself to deep stretching without effort. Effort and ease are not in opposition but they are two forms of thought that compliment each other.
There are plenty of good thoughts that are in this book and are fairly applicable to today as it was 20 years ago. It's an easy read and is well worth your time.
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