July 27, 2023
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
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.”
Every so often I forget to remind Dr. Doctor that via him--and this “us” we’re created by our own rules--has led me to fall in love with myself. Before you start banging me with a co-dependent stick let me explain: I was already on the path to thinking I was a worthwhile, interesting, intelligent, sexy, fun person who would make someone a great girlfriend. But I didn’t believe it all the time. In fact, I didn’t believe it most of the time. Now I believe it all the time because I get to see myself through his eyes via his actions and acceptance of my foibles and quirks.
Having him in my corner is making it easier for me to be like water. I have a feeling if he weren’t in my corner I would still be like water as I let all that yucky past stuff flow out of me so “now” isn’t a muddied with “back then”.
image and text Laura Ann Klein copyright 2023