Sunday Homily: Becoming One With Yourself

Carole Bourdo – “Wolf Song”

Spirit, Soul, Body – Living As One

Part of living and walking your talk, is learning to live as One with the Divine I think it’s hard for us to put it into a box of this life as Spirit in you life. Whatever that is to you, walking your path means bringing your spirit into your daily life and expressing the love and compassion in all things. Sometimes that can get confusing and people struggle with the concept of becoming one with spirit. How do we do this, what aspects of self are we uniting and connecting. How do we live the talk and belief of our spiritual path?

It can be a daunting perspective to grasp for some. And that’s understandable. Many spiritual teachers talk about “Becoming One”, and explain why it’s important. But how many break it down and explain the details of what that means and how it can be accomplished? Today, we’ll look at how Pagan Metaphysics looks at this concept and how we can become one with the self. Along with the Divine in your life.

To start we need to break down the aspects of self. Who are we? How are we connected and intertwined with the Divine in the first place? Living life actually starts with understanding the processes of physical Life and Death. You can read more about the Pagan Metaphysical view from “What Happens When We Die – The Process of Life and Death” here on Springwolf Reflections. Understanding who we are as Spiritual beings and how we choose our past lifetimes to create a new embodiment helps to visualize the components of self that we’re bringing together. Continue reading →

Spring’s Tarot Meditation Drawing – On Hiatus

Aug21

Wizards Tarot by John J. Blumen

Press Release
August 21, 2016

It’s with regret we announce the Daily Drawing will be on hiatus for the next 2 to 3 weeks due to a medical emergency that occurred on Thursday August 18th.

We apologize for the inconvenience for suspending the daily drawing, but we do have plenty to read and learn here on our Springwolf sites. Spring’s Haven, Springwolf Reflections and Pagan’s Path.

We also want to send out our deepest gratitude to those who have already reached out to share prayers for healing and kind thoughts for Lady Spring’s recovery. She was doing well in the hospital yesterday and they felt she could return home to rest. Her Partner took her home last evening to care for her over the next few days. She has been ordered to take it easy and rest for the next few weeks.

We’ll certainly announce changes to our plan as they come. For now we appreciate the kindness, patience and healing prayers.

Thank you,
Many Blessings,
Patty, Center Administrator

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Five of Swords

Aug17

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Stand your ground and don’t be gullible! While everything is coming up roses, there’s a snake in the midst trying to throw thorns in the garden. Watch out for the little gremlins who are attempting to divert your attention from the real issues at hand. What you’re being told may not be the whole truth. So remain focused and double-check the numbers. Someone will probably need to be held accountable for dropping the ball, after agreements have already been made. Don’t let them pin it on you.

Additional Insight:

It’s not a day to yell or show anger. But you will need to stand up and hold someone accountable for doing, or rather not doing, the task they were assigned. Don’t allow their coy attitude play on your sympathy. They know they messed up, but they’ve been falling short for a while now. No one can cover up the errors they’ve made any longer.

If you’re not the one who has the authority to let them go, you may need to summarize the situation to the person who is. After that, throw up your hands and know that you’ve done all you can. It’s out of your control after that. And there maybe more to this story than you know. Your report maybe only one of many, but the powers that be need to know about your experience with this person to round out the entire tale.

At the same time, make sure you’re completing the promises you’ve made. In some situations everything depends on you. No one can move forward without you. That’s a dangerous position to be in at times. So don’t waste time on gossip, or provoke a new battle front. Stick with what you know, and stay on point. The work you’ve already put into a project has been stellar and noticed. You’ve got a good future here, so keep on point and be honest with those making the ultimate decisions.

Stay calm and focused to win friends and influence the right people. By the end of the day, the problems will be resolved and taken care of in your favor. You’ll get the pat on the back and your reputation will escalate to high regard. A necessary step that gets you closer to your goal. You’re doing good. Keep it up and keep the faith in yourself to achieve and succeed. You’re closer to the end than you think!

Additional Reading

The Shield of Success – Visualizing and Creating A Shield of Success
Be Inspired – Inspirational Resources To Keep You Moving Forward

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About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Personal Readings From Springwolf
If you enjoy our Daily Tarot Meditation Insights, check out the additional Services from Spring’s Haven. We offer both in-house and email/phone/Skype consultations. As a Ministerial organization, all our consultations are private and strictly confidential.

We use the Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft, the Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti and the Steampunk Tarot by Aly Fell for our daily drawings. You can learn more about these beautiful decks on Amazon.com. Read more about the Tarot and our Tarot Meditation insights.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Two of Swords

Aug16

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Be watchful today and don’t allow your frustrations to blow up simply because you’re tired from the lack of sleep. The constant fighting can be exhausting, especially when you’re fighting a battle that isn’t even a skirmish. You made your bed and yes on some fronts you have to lay in it. But not all situations are alike. There are some things worth fighting for, but there are others where you need to carefully choose your battles. Be calm and make sure you’re thinking through each conflict and fight the ones you know you can win. Leave the others for another day.

Additional Insight:

When you’re exhausted, you’re not thinking clearly. So don’t make assumptions concerning planned events, such as meetings, appointments or anything that isn’t a face to face conversation. Your tired grumpy attitude could cause you to feel trouble when there’s no conflict in the first place. If it’s not your job to take care of it, then don’t take responsibility for it. And don’t fight that war if it’s not your place to do so.

It’s easy to think you’re the center of the Universe, and it might be a shock, but it’s not all about you! Stop feeling as though you’re the target here. You’re only a small piece of the puzzle that has someone upset and frustrated. And they’re not the center of the Universe either. So don’t pick a fight with someone who feels their back is against the wall. If they have no escape, they might fight even harder to put a target on someone’s back to save their own behind.

The person with the cool head who can calmly and precisely give the facts without emotion will control the day. The one who keeps their composure and presents the facts and only the facts will quietly rise up and direct the course of action. Be the one who can step up and lead. When you have both the authority and cool mind to precisely describe the conflict without emotion, your position takes gains influence. Come at the situation from a calm strength of character, not from excessive passion, yelling or intimidation. No one likes to be yelled at with an authoritative voice, that sounds like it’s accusing others of wrong doing.

At the same time, don’t be the one who sits back and gets yelled at because you’re perceived as weak and vulnerable. You can maintain a confident tranquil response and still be forceful if threatened. “You don’t want to go there and start placing blame for mistakes made by others.” can be a very effective way to push back without threatening the other side into raising their swords. Battles are won from a place of logic and intelligence, not blind brute force. Anger removes the ability to think through a conflict. So remain level headed and you’ll be able to think your way through the argument without damage to your own position.

To solve a problem you must focus on the situation, not the blame. That’s only a diversion and it doesn’t solve the issue. It wastes time, which wastes more money. Keep the focus on what the actual issue is and how it must be resolved. If there must be some accountability, take that outside and keep it within the family. Don’t air dirty laundry in public. It’s a sure fire way of losing respect and any influence you may have had in the long run.

If you can keep your emotion in check, you’ll have a better chance to remain calm and stick to the issues. You’ll end the day with a stronger reputation for being the perfect person to get the job done and guiding the way in the future. You’ll take some of the self imposed stress off your shoulders and release the anxiety that’s been keeping you awake. Then give yourself a break and get a good nights sleep. Things will look much better and brighter tomorrow.

Additional Reading

The 5 Minute Protection Meditation – Clearing The Negative and Setting Protection
The Shield of Success – Visualizing and Creating A Shield of Success
Emotional Manipulation – Dealing With Conflict

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The World – Inverted

Aug15

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Bring your energy back to the here and now. Get grounded and pay attention to what is in front of you. Don’t just listen, but actually hear what’s being said to you. It’s good to dream and reach for the ultimate wishes. But at some point you must get your head out of the clouds into reality. You’re not alone in this. Stop allowing your mind to create more confusion and imbalance, because you know it’s not only about you. Let the one who shares your burden add their two cents without judgement. Simply listen and allow others to feel like they’re being heard.

Additional Insight:

You become what you think. So think the best and allow your creative energy to build bridges to turn things around for the better. The more you focus on the negative, no matter what the topic, the more you feed the cynical world. And the more you’re allowing that pessimistic attitude and judgement to fester and gain power. Is everything in the world perfect? Of course not, because we can’t change the world when we’re adding to the anger and negativity.

Is your world perfect? No not when you keep viewing the same struggle, frustration and worry as if you alone are supposed to fix it. You’re in this together. No one is carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders. But you’re not going to fix anything if your too busy defending yourself or feeling the need to be in control of everything. Communication is the path to compromise. How can you locate the middle ground and support each other if you never take interest in the other side’s perspectives.

No one can walk into a situation with rose-colored glasses and expect to turn all the worries and anxieties around. Just like all things in life, this isn’t the world according to you. How “it should be” isn’t going to fit everyone’s concept. What you think should be happening isn’t going to work for others who have an equal moral perspective that treads a different path. Stop the judgements and expectations. Walk to the middle of the road and stand in the reality of now. No solution is going to be perfect for everyone. And everyone has to give a little to get a little. Even you.

Be the example of holding your tongue; if you can’t say something nice than don’t say it. When you feel frustrated, annoyed or down right angry over what someone said remember the old adage “Sticks and stones can hurt me, but words never will.

Yes words can hurt, but only if you choose to let them in. Ideas can be dangerous, but only if you respond to them giving them more power to influence and manipulate by feeding the negative energy with your own angry emotions in response. Don’t be part of the problem that continues to attack. Change your response by offering an alternative solution. By sharing a more positive position and working to compromise. Focus on the alternative path that cancels out the suspicions being generated by the fear mongers in your head or in reality.

If you want things to be better, than you must do better. Do more listening than arguing. If you want to be heard, than listen to someone who needs to talk. You’re not the only one who feels scared, upset, insecure or who feels they’ve lost control over everything going on in their life. Become what you need and meet in the middle with compassion and love. It’s a great day to remember “Walking Your Talk”© is paramount to incorporating your desire for healing and compassion into your every day life. Practice what you preach and provide a moment that feeds the optimistic energy and pulls everyone back together to turn everything around for the better.

Additional Reading

The 5 Minute Alignment Meditation – A Spiritual Approach
Meditation, Energy & Action – Walking Your Talk © (on SpringsHaven.com)
The Law of Accountability – The 3 Fold, 9 Fold or 10 Fold Law of Return
The Art Of Communication – How We Listen & Hear

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Death

Aug12

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

The hardship, stress, and struggle have come to an end. Now it’s time for the transition to begin in earnest. This is not something to regret letting go of or fear moving on to. But rather it’s an event that you’ve long-awaited and will push you forward in leaps and bounds to where you really want to be. Even if it’s in a different way than you imagined. So release the weight on your shoulders to spread your wings and lighten the load. Allow yourself to rise up and see the blessings in your world from a higher perspective. You’ll discover it’s not about this wall defines my place and that side of the wall defines yours. But rather we’re all part of the whole world and we’re in this together.

Additional Insight:

What you may have thought of as a failure will actually bring you to the field of victory. In doing so you’ll remove the chains that hold you back and open the door that allows you to escape the gloom and finally get the clean break from the past you’ve been hoping to achieve. Dry your eyes and remember those things that come to an end aren’t the things you need in the here and now of your life.

Let go of the past and get rid of the bad memories. They have no place in finding the real you beneath the tears and sorrows. That’s not who you are any longer. You’ve fought, endured and no one has come out the other side stronger or more wise than you have. You’ll be able to use that to your advantage and it will benefit you in unexpected and unique ways. You’ll see, once everything is settled and the dust has died down.

None of the emotions of anger, or jealousy from others will deter your ability to complete the complicated journey. It’s not your fault or concern that others are feeling as if your presence is invading what they feel is their domain. The selfishness they’re holding onto has been threatened and is crumbling because of their choices. All the arrogance they’ve been putting out through their gossip, negative talk, and even some deliberate actions on their part is finally coming back to them now. Instead of taking responsibility, they’re using you as the scapegoat for their pain. Oh well, it’s not your job to pick up their baggage and carry it for them. So what ever you do, don’t justify their delusions and take the blame!

The only thing you need to do, is stick to your plan and work on the details you’ve tried to refine and put in to the works. Don’t get distracted. Don’t be dragged off course. The only constant in the Universe is change. If you keep fighting against the flow to keep things as they are, the current will get stronger until you force the river to flood your boat and push you along the hard way. Don’t try to go off course, you could lose everything and make the journey much worse than it needs to be.

Relax. Welcome the push along your path to get to where you need to be. When you arrive, you’ll be glad you made the trek and let go of the old. The new is SO much better than you thought it would be. You’ll feel renewed, discover a new inspiration that rises you up to new goals and opportunities that will help you fulfill those. After this weekend, it will be a brand new day that will be filled with blessings, liberty and relief. Let go and move on so you can finally find your freedom and immense joys!

Additional Reading

The 5 Minute Protection Meditation – Clearing The Negative and Setting Protection
Looking At Blessings & Struggles A Little Differently
Mistakes Are A Passing Event – Don’t Allow Mistakes To Govern Your Future
Meditation, Energy & Action – Walking Your Talk © (on SpringsHaven.com)

A Little Numerological Insight:
Upon publishing today’s card, I noticed this is the 10th time the Death card has appeared in a daily drawing. And that got my attention.

If you’ve seen my number insights before you know that Mathematics is the only language shared by all humans regardless of culture, religion, or gender. Numerology is the study of the divine or mystical relationship between a count or measurement and life. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. My practice of numerology is Shamanistic Numerology that’s based on Celtic and North American Shamanistic teachings. It’s not the only method, the best method or the true method. It’s simply one of many methods and one that resonates most with me and my personal perspectives of the Divine and the world we live in.

The analysis of today’s number 10 shares some insight to the message that seems worth looking at. A quick review; Prime numbers are those numbers that are specific to you, your birthday, social security or other numbers that will stick with you throughout your lifetime. Sub-Prime numbers are numbers that change over time. Your phone number, an employee number, drivers license number and other things like that. A number like this one that caught my attention falls into the category of Sub-Prime, because it only comes around once and quickly changes the next day or next drawing.

Actual	Derived	Calculated
10	1+0	1

The Calculated Number says:

One – The number of individualism, independence, the self, the physical body and contentment, the start and beginning.

This number is associated with the Sun.
This number is associated with the Reed Tree.
This number is associated with the Snake.
It represents the physical world and masculine energy.
Positive direction: When the ‘1’ enters your life it represents confidence, self respect and empowerment. It denotes new projects or situations that are present. Consider the physical implications or impacts and how they will direct the path forward. What new conditions will be created, what old situations will need to be released.
Negative Direction: In reverse 1 indicates loneliness, feeling lost, self-doubt, poor self-confidence and illness. It shows the path of stagnation and a refusal to break old patterns that have proven to be detrimental.

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: The Magician – Inverted

Aug11

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

There’s no need to worry, you can keep many things up in the air and not drop the ball on any of them. Let your magik work its miracles and you’ll be able to clear your desk and still keep everything afloat with skill and success. It’s your day to beat the odds and run the table to win the day. Remember what you think and put out into the Universe, you’ll create and manifest in your world. Make those thoughts be about something good.

Additional Insight:

When you put action behind your magik you can create anything. Nothing is impossible when you view everything around you from all angles. What you want can become what you need. What you visualize and put into action can become manifest as long as you keep your actions in play. The Divine helps those who help themselves simply means you can’t pray it into reality, you have to put work into the effort too.

Use the tools you have available. Don’t feel locked out simply because you don’t have all the physical tools you wish were on you altar. Tools are meaningless in the end anyway. They’re simply objects designed to help you focus your energy on the task at hand. You can use visualization to see the tool, imagine it in your hand and and create the same manifested energy as if it were physically there. This is how the Shamanistic journey implements its practice of magik and ritual, any where and at any time.

Spend the day trusting your instincts and inner knowledge. Put your actions to work with your spiritual beliefs and you’ll create the wisdom you need to continue on your course to what you want. Take 5 or 10 minutes visualizing your altar, or finding and going to your own spiritual sanctuary. Implement your own Shamanistic journey and conduct your ritual on the ethereal plane. But remember that sometimes what you want isn’t always what you need! Allow the Divine in your life to take you down the path and guide you to where you need to be. It will be a much better place than you thought you might achieve.

It’s common for us to sell ourselves short. We do it by simply saying, I’m being realistic and I’m not going to believe in a fantasy that’s never going to happen. We often think there’s no way that’s going to happen. But what all that “rational” talk does, is translate our fear of failure into a different mantra. That’s how we allow limitations to hold us back and manifest our reality. We create the fear of being let down, or rejected if we keep our imagination in check and don’t allow ourselves to dream the impossible. Stop the fear and welcome the challenge. You can achieve the impossible, if only you’ll allow yourself to dream it.

Additional Reading

The Shield of Success – Visualizing and Creating A Shield of Success
It’s Nice To Have Dreams – Dreams Inspire, Empower and Create Hope
The Law Of Manifestation – The Simplicity Of Success
A Meditation Guide – A How To Handbook (on SpringsHaven.com)
Meditations for: Finding your Spiritual Sanctuary (on PagansPath.com)

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

We use the Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft, the Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti and the Steampunk Tarot by Aly Fell for our daily drawings. You can learn more about these beautiful decks on Amazon.com. Read more about the Tarot and our Tarot Meditation insights.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Four of Wands – Inverted

Aug10

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Promises made but not kept can sometimes be the best medicine to get you moving. Gifts can come from many places, and in many different ways. Even unanswered prayers can move you along to something better. But it’s the unexpected blessings that often bring the biggest magik. Stop expecting things to happen in the way you want them to be and you won’t be disappointed. Make room for the real magik to happen and let it form how and when you need it most.

Additional Insight:

When you set up expectations, you’re creating the opportunity to be disappointed. You’re trying to force your energy upon others, even upon the Universe itself. So don’t be surprised if your notions aren’t met or worse if you get pushed back and lose ground. Your expectations can be taken as selfish and self-centered. So remember what you put out, will come back to you. And maybe not the way you think they should.

Sometimes your world needs to be turned up side down in order for you to shake things up and make some changes on your own. Divine magik isn’t like the movies. It doesn’t just happen. It requires action and work on your part. You can’t sit back and do nothing. You must look for new avenues to stay motivated, to look inward and discover what you’re ignoring, what you’re in this process to learn.

Be willing to be honest with yourself. Stop making excuses and work to change your actions and let go of the anchors holding you back. Time to break the old patterns and live up to your own promises. Stop assuming you’re going to fail again. The more you allow those thoughts into your head, the more you’re going to let them win. It’s not always to look within and be honest with yourself. And sometimes it’s even harder to see what the lesson or lessons are that you’re putting yourself through. But as soon as you do, you’ll be able to clear the hurdle and get on to that which brings the blessings.

Additional Reading

The 5 Minute Protection Meditation – Clearing The Negative and Setting Protection
When Tragedy Strikes – When Bad Things Happen To Good People
Optimism And Healing – Overcoming Life’s Hurdles

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: Knave of Cups

Aug9

Mystic Faery Tarot by Linda Ravenscroft

Stop hanging onto what can’t be done and start focusing on the possibilities that are open around you. You’re ignoring what can be possible because you’re allowing your negative outlook to hold you back. Anything is possible if you believe and give yourself the encouragement to try. You never know, you might create the miracle you need most and achieve your goals.

Additional Insight:

Stop being a pessimist. All that does is short-circuit your potential to fill your cups with abundance. Magik can’t happen if you don’t believe in it. If you don’t believe it doesn’t exist or worse, if you don’t believe that you deserve it then it can never appear in your life. Turn off those negative recordings. Shut out the nay-sayers. Ignore the doubters and refuse to hear those who only judge others because they’re all afraid of the ability to believe and the possibilities it can create.

Don’t let their doubts impact your beliefs. Their talk will stick in your head and can eventually cause you to lose all faith in your ability to succeed. That’s ok with them, they want you in the darkness where they are. They don’t want you to rise above and fight for more. Because it means you might leave them behind.

In some cases you might need to walk away. In other cases you might simply need to show a little compassion and lift up those who are scared and help them find their potential. They may be so beat down by life or their own doubters that they need someone to remind them who they are, or were and can be again. Maybe not in the same way. But in a new and better incarnation of them self that fits their new journey today.

It’s not about the path we’re walking now. It’s about the choices we make in the now. It’s about our ability to create opportunities that allow us to make better choices that can lead to a new and better path for tomorrow and the next day, or next week, next month and so on into our future. One of the greatest gifts we can give each other is to hold out our hand and say “come with me, we can do this together”! It might take work. But you were worth it, let someone else be worth it to you too.

It’s a lot easier to succeed when you have someone you trust by your side. Someone who can lift you up when you’re down. Someone you can lift up when their down. When you put your words in practice, partners can always generate optimism and keep both parties moving toward the spotlights of success and abundance. What you give, you do get back. What better way than to give to someone you care about and give them an opportunity to pay you back in the process! You both can achieve and make wonderful things happen.

Additional Reading

The Shield of Success – Visualizing and Creating A Shield of Success
Believe In You – Pep Talks To Help You Be Inspired
It’s Nice To Have Dreams – Dreams Inspire, Empower and Create Hope

Read More
About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

Today’s Tarot Meditation Drawing: No Drawing

Aug8

Sorry Folks,
There’s no drawing today.
Sorry for the inconvenience. This migraine just won’t go away today.

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About The Tarot, history, perspectives, how to read the cards and more.

Springwolf Reflections 2016 Motto:
I let go of worry and trust the Divine will care for me and my family.
I am filled with prosperity for financial and healthy abundance.

"Believe In Yourself, Even When No One Else Does."
~ Harvey McKay ~
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“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith.
Not hope, but faith.
I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
~ Jim Carrey ☆ 2014
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“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”
~ Dalai Lama 2012 ~
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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~ Bruce Lee 1971