Do or Do Not
“Do or do not. There is no try”- Yoda
The little green dude Yoda had some serious wisdom to share with the world. The way he helped trained Luke Skywalker into becoming a true Jedi was simple. His philosophy of Do or Do Not is a simple way of either you are, or you aren’t going to do something.
Essentially there is no trying in his philosophy. And that leads me to this question… “How often do we do something when we are not fully present in it?” I can bet that many of us do something, and we are not involved entirely. Or we are there physically but we are not there mentally or emotionally.
How often do we find ourselves going through the routine of life and not enjoying what we are doing right here, right now? I can tell you from personal experience that going through the rat race is no way to live. Going from one task to the next to the next is……. NOT LIVING!
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I know living in Western civilization prizes to be super productive. Let’s get real here, what good does that do to our health? You see if you are constantly going and not taking breaks in between. How can you see the beauty that is all around you? The beautiful woman who is eye-gazing you across the room from you or the way the tree bends when the wind blows.
Now tell me how we can see the beauty if we are overcommitted, exhausted, fatigued, spiteful, tired. How can we see the beauty if we can't commit to doing something or simply not doing something?
What I learned from my little green friend is that when you do something…. commit to doing it wholeheartedly not half-assed.
And if you won't do something do not do it. There is no guilt.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Either you will or you won’t but ultimately commit to doing one or the other.
