Oak Tree vs. Bamboo

A strong oak tree breaks in a storm while flexible bamboo bends but doesn't break.

Be like bamboo: flexible, adaptable, and willing to learn and change.

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You are very open to learning. You're not rigid. And rigidity is death. You know, like you're just stuck in new ways and not willing to learn. There's a proverb in the Zen Buddhism and it talks about like super strong winds coming. Well, not that's a car. Can't even do a wind noise super strong gust of wind comes the oak tree on the surface outside massive chunk massive no air is coming down strong enough gale knocks that oak tree down next To the oak tree is a little bamboo stick little weakling but very flexible this wind no bother the bamboo is pliable flexible takes the wind in a stride that wind is not breaking that bamboo After the fact you've got a big strong tree very on the outside strong no way it's falling down has broken down the bamboo smaller more nimble more flexible can handle more pressure okay You can see your life this way if you're nimble and you're flexible and you will be pliable and you're willing to learn you willing to be like water you wouldn't be like bamboo you can go With the flow you can change you can tweak you can learn but if you are that orc tree with your rigid ideas and your rigid way of life and your rigid diet plan on your widget rigid normal believe In this and I got told for 30 years I shouldn't eat sugar I'm not I refuse to eat anything with sugar you definitely do I refuse to eat a chocolate bars and make me fart instantly you know You've got these old partners of diet culture conditioning you're the oak tree and

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