'Be like water': the Art of Resilience
Dear Reader,
In fewer bytes, I wish I could convey the experience of receiving the news that your loved ones survived a near-death experience and remain in critical condition, having your assets frozen when you need them the most, and responding to a cyberattack at the same time. Unfortunately, I lack the eloquence to do so.
Instead, please consider my humble assemblage of learnings:
‘Be like water’. Challenging or overwhelming circumstances will arise. Take a deep breath, resist nothing, and attend to your present experience. To be like water is to expend no energy in the effortless adaptation to circumstance.
There is strength in acknowledging pain. Particularly during difficult times, you must endure what there is to endure. Shouldering heavy burdens in the support of others is at the heart of the human spirit, but there is neither grace nor nobility in ignoring the pain you bear.
Critique with compassion. In retrospect, neutral and accurate criticism is a useful way to illuminate a better path forwards. However, overzealous self-judgement erodes resilience. Like a student, treat yourself fairly and firmly, but with compassion.
Do not eat the yellow snow.
Thank you for your attention.
Kind regards,
Kai Tebay