A piece of wisdom from
June 19, 2023 · Monday
The quote
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
— Bruce Lee · The Tao
The concept
Wabi-Sabi
The beauty of imperfect, impermanent, incomplete things.
Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness, the cracked bowl mended with gold, the moss on old stone, the single flower past its peak. Three plain truths sit under it: nothing lasts, not…
A practice for today
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Wabi-Sabi. The beauty of imperfect, impermanent, incomplete things.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 3.21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते॥
“Whatever a great person does, others follow. Whatever standard they set, the world pursues.”
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