Do Or Do Not ... #atozchallenge letter D

My theme for the 2017 AtoZ Challenge is "Daily Thoughts".

Each day I will post a thought that comes to mind. The first word of the thought will correspond with the letter of the day.

So here is my thought for the letter D

Camellia from my garden

Do or do not. There is no try.

~ Yoda (Star Wars)

I have often pondered over these famous words from Yoda.  At first they made no sense to me. After all isn't trying a good thing?

The more I thought about it the less and less sense it made and then eventually I stopped thinking and deciphering. But today I'm going to give it a go and voice my thoughts. For so long I've been in the "do not" phase. Today I will "do".  Perhaps I stopped "trying" because the  very act of trying implies that we are ready for failure, that we can give up in an instant.

Each year during Spring, the flowers in my garden bloom. Some plants have many flowers, some have few. The flowers either bloom or they don't. There is no trying for them.  Nature is so intelligent.

I've been suggesting to my son that he should learn to cook particularly if he wants to live overseas. For a long time his swift answer was a firm no, a definite "do not". My coaxing him into "trying" was of no avail. Then two weeks ago, he just decided he was going to learn, a definite "do". Last week he made a very yummy mince curry. This week it's pizza.  Perhaps he needed to be in the frame of mind where failure was not an option and where he simply wanted to do.

I guess it's similar to driving. Once you are behind the wheel of the car, you simply do. Trying is too dangerous an option. Imagine if the pilot of the plane you are travelling in thought that day that he was going to try and fly the plane. I'm thankful they do or do not.

Do you think there is wisdom in Yoda's words? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Sometime ago I wrote a Star Wars poem with a Vendantic twist. While it has no bearing on this topic, I thought I would share it just for fun. For an explanation of the poem, see my post 7x7x7x7.

Jedi Master Yoda - is "yoddha", a warrior of the East

Qui-Gon Jinn with qi-gong - keeps his mind in Peace

Padawan Obe-Wan "Kan no be" a Jedi Master yet - and so he stills his restless mind to duly meditate

Anakin starts the Kali Yug with despair he could not face - false promise of the dark side but that he did embrace

Padme is the lotus,  the one he loves so dear - She was the jewel in the Jedi's heart, now Darth Vader who we fear

Luke Skywalker battles with Jedi in his soul  - with love he changes Vader, the great Jedi unfolds.

And so Vedantic Wisdom, the basis of it all - translated into Star Wars, the ancient force lives on.

~x~

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Change Occurs ... #atozchallenge letter C

My theme for the 2017 AtoZ Challenge is "Daily Thoughts".

Each day I will post a thought that comes to mind. The first word of the thought will correspond with the letter of the day.

So here is my thought for the letter C

On board Air New Zealand

Change occurs at every moment, every second of your life.

We always think about change when something big occurs. And change is often linked to an event that shakes up our lives, something dramatic, sometimes catastrophic.

This morning as I sipped my tea and gazed out at the hills, suddenly the thought came to me that actually change occurs at every moment, every second. Every movement is a change, every thought is a change.

I thought I was living mindfully but today for the first time, I truly believe I was in that mindful moment, where every thought, every movement meant something to me. Each sip of the tea was different, each thought took me to another place, every moment the clouds changed, and as the sun dipped in and out of the clouds, the shadows or light on the hills changed.

And as I listen to the music now, each song, beat, word creates a change in my vibration. Soft, low, loud, slow, fast, rhythmic changes. Sometimes I sing along if I know the words, at other times I simply move to the beat and my fingers fly around on the keyboard to the rhythm and beat. And at other times I am so engrossed in my writing that the music fades into the background.

Change you sneaky devil

You always did exist

In every thought and movement

In an endless list

I thought you chose your moments

To make yourself known

Dropping in now and then

For many or me alone

But change you are constant

And that's okay with me

You make my life interesting

In a second, two or three.

~x~

Poems were not part of the deal this year, but looks like the poet in me wants to emerge (at least for now).

Share your thoughts on change in a post or in the comments below.

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Be like the River ... #atozchallenge letter B

My theme for the 2017 AtoZ Challenge is "Daily Thoughts".

Each day I will post a thought that comes to mind. The first word of the thought will correspond with the letter of the day.

So here is my thought for the letter B

Hutt River, Wellington

Be like the river

Go with the flow

Have you ever wondered why even though you try and try you don't seem to be going anywhere? Or perhaps you are pulled into a direction you really don't want to go but resisting is futile?

It's human nature to have grand plans, starry notions, and ambitious goals but can you paddle upstream that is go against the flow, against the path that nature has set for you?

I have watched many rivers flow by but it is only recently that I've discovered it teaches us many things (one of those aha moments). Its biggest lesson of all is to go with the flow. The river always flows downstream and does not resist its flow. When obstacles come into its path, it simply finds a way to deal with it rather than fighting with it. It either flows around it or forges a new path. The river knows that in the end it will meet with the sea.

Here's a poem I wrote about life and the river. Seems an opportune moment to post this.

Life is like a river

Flowing slow or fast

The course that nature set her

Is her natural path

So many different flavours

The river appears to know

Seems moments that she most savours

Are the jumpy little blows

And thus she laments not

When obstacles arrive

For deftly she maneuvers

And circumvents the strife

The river waits for no one

She takes some on her way

Sometimes they have a little fun

There's time for work and play

If someone tries to stem her flow

She still knows her destiny

The new path also brings her joy

For she always meets the sea

Life is like a river

Flowing slow or fast

The course that nature set her

Is her natural path

~x~

Do you agree with my observations? What other lessons do you think the river can teach us?

Teaser for the letter C :  Change occurs  ....

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