Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Be flexible and adaptable like water, shaping yourself to any situation. Avoid rigid forms and remain open to change.
- In plain terms
- Adapt to any situation like water does.
- What can you take from it?
- Stay flexible and adaptable in all situations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where in your life are you too rigid?
- How can you be more like water?
Another view
Being too adaptable may sometimes lack clear direction.
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