We tend to walk into walls instead
We tend to walk into walls instead of finding a way around them.
In both Aikido and life, once I remind myself that there is always a way AROUND difficulties, and once I look for that way, I find that I can move forward easily and effortlessly.
Effort and difficulty are the building blocks of stress. Effort and difficulty consist of walking head-first into a wall, of resisting things, of fighting. Looking for that place or way where there is no resistance, no wall, is what enables you to move forward smoothly and effortlessly.
No difficulty, no stress. Life is good.
Now you may be thinking: ?Oh, that?s quite easy to say, but other people are more than me ? they have more money, more power, a better education. They are stronger.?
Let?s go back to Aikido to see what can be done. In Aikido practice, ironically it?s those who are stronger who have the hardest time learning.
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