Hello there,
If you read the first issue of this volume, you’d know that I was sailing where the winds of life were taking me, I’d let things take their own course. I’d let myself be.
In case you missed that edition, it was called February will be my January. Click here to peruse that.
Anyway, looking back on the past almost 2 months of 2022, here’s what I’ve realised so far:
Life is going to take its own shape and form and take you along unexpected routes. Going against its flow will bring nothing but friction that wears us out eventually. So the wiser choice here is to subscribe to the cliched mentality of ‘going with the flow’.
Let me explain further.
I’m a firm believer in dualities in life and I think that nothing comes in a standalone format. It comes with a ‘but’, an ‘or’, a ‘however’, sometimes even an ‘and’. Let me explain:
The wiser choice is to go with the flow BUT that doesn’t mean that you can’t chart your own path.
Our job is not to simply sit in the boat and let it toss us around when the ocean rages. Our job is to learn to row the boat and keep ourselves from getting seasick while the boat is sailing away.
To put it without metaphors, what can benefit us is to approach life mindfully and intentionally while also not resisting what it brings, too strongly. Our job is to accept it as it comes and then move forward despite that. We can pause along the way, take our time to process things, no problem.
But going with the flow ultimately means that there isn’t much room for stagnancy.
I don’t want to just get overly philosophical, but rather want to leave you with some applicable tips for this very topic.