There's an old Taoist parable I like a lot, about an empty boat.If you are rowing your boat down the river, and another boatman crashes his boat into yours, you will shout and curse at him and tell him what a fool he is, and all day you will feel angry about the stupid boatman, and you will go home and tell your wife about the idiot boatman who crashed into you.
But if an empty boat crashes into yours, you will push it away with your oar and carry on your journey. You won't think about it any more.
So when something happens to frustrate you, tell yourself "It doesn't matter. It's just an empty boat", and don't think about it any more.
I like that a lot.
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This has helped me a lot today - no big things, just a continuous small succession of bumps from other people's boats. Thanks.
I'm glad to hear that, Ally. I told my sister, Stephanie, the story once but I don't think she really understood it. Now when frustrating things happen to her she shouts "Did you see that bloody empty boat? What damned idiot left their bloody empty boat just floating about? Those sodding empty boats really get on my ***s!"
Ahhh... NOW i understand!
Thanks for sharing that Melanie. Perfect for creating more calmness in life :-D
Mel....the boats crashing into ours have become boeing 747's driven with intent. I have some time for the wisdom contained in the Tao but I'm afraid I've lost any warm fuzzy feelings I may have once held for boats unless they happen to be clinker built of course.
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