Sometimes,
when some problem seems to be standing in my way, it helps me if breezes are
blowing outside. Then, I either sit by a window and watch the breezes swaying
the trees, or, better still, I walk outside, and soon a question comes to me:
Does a breeze ever have a problem? A breeze blows freely and flexibly, flowing
easily past trees and homes and cars and hills. If a breeze bumps up against an
obstacle – what I might call a “problem” – it simply slides around or over or
under it and continues on its easy way. You might say whatever situation a
breeze faces is tailor-made for it, because it will always bypass it with style
and effortlessness, and soon press on with its graceful cruise across the land.
I guess the ease and smoothness of breezes brings home their best lessons to
me. “Just loosen up, Ham”, they seem to say. “Be like a breeze. Go around,
over, or under, and the problems will suddenly become opportunities for
elegance and artistry. Just loosen up.”
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