How to Be Like Water
The most plentiful substance on earth, water provides a perfect model for achieving success and prosperity.
Nature provides cues for how we can approach life, and the ways of natural elements and phenomena serve as perfect analogies. Water is one such element. It is the most plentiful substance on earth, and its properties provide a model for how to be abundant:
Essential — all life depends on the nourishment of water to survive and the multitude of its functions to thrive
Capable — it handles obstacles with ease, and simply flows over, under, or through anything in its way
Versatile — it can transform its state and exist as solid, liquid, or gas depending on the season or conditions
Neutral — virtually colorless, odorless, and tasteless, it is humble and equitable despite its strength and significance
Formidable — it supports and sustains life but can also dissolve and demolish as circumstances call for
Nothing is weaker than water, but when it attacks something hard or resistant, then nothing withstands it, and nothing will alter its way. — Lao Tzu
When you emulate water, you are simple, sensible, and supple. You have an enormous amount of energy and great force, but you expend it effortlessly, efficiently, and effectively. Being like water means being mindful, in balance, and true to your essence — knowing how or when to create or destroy, to be or do this or that, with perfect timing and in alignment with nature.
