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The live bough bends. The dead twig snaps.
Mark Nepo
We believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity; but if we dare to examine it, we find that this identity depends entirely on an endless collection of things to prop it up: our name, our “biography,” our partners, family, home, job, friends, credit cards … It is on their fragile and transient support that we rely for our security.
Sogyal Rinpoche • The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying: A Spiritual Classic from One of the Foremost Interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism to the West
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 p
