The way is clear
The Tao te Ching – the way – the method – the path.
Back in 2011, I sat on the stairs on the Andalusian coast of Spain and watched ants crawl up the wall and form a question mark. It was uncanny how the universe was painting my confusion for me to see it – detached and unexpectedly.
Yesterday, at aikido class – did I mention I am taking aikido? – there was a framed drawing of a question mark that looked exactly like the one the ants drew – uncanny you say? Well isn’t it all done by the same hand, I say.
Peaceful resistance – that’s what aikido is all about and for the life of me, I didn’t know what to expect, and now I can’t wait to go practice – it’s exhilarating and meditative all in one movement.
But when I think back to what the summer of 2011 was for me – I was going around and up the wrung and out I came into the vast new world with all the blood letting I thought behind me.
Little did I know it was about to get real – career, home, partner, hair – and in losing everything, I found me. I was under all those identifiers.
Falling down and getting up again never felt so good.