“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
In this hurly burly society of ours, we seem to find a need to do pretty much everything, and we must do it all now. Even though we’ve been given several handy-dandy tools to assist us in our multi-tasking, it still often seems that we still never have enough time to do all that we want to do no matter how much we hurry. However, the natural world doesn’t work that way.
Nature takes its time because time is all that it has. In the natural world, there is no permanence. Water flows, plants grow and wither, and sands shift. Even in the animal kingdom, there are no creatures in the zoological record that actually stress, worry, and hurry the way that humans do. When our hearts begin to yearn, our minds begin to want, and our bodies begin to crave, we envision what can satiate us and begin to map out the path necessary in order to fulfill our desires. Then, while nature waits quietly for change to come, we set out on our paths.
Unfortunately, we yearn for so many things that our hearts are in an eternal state of longing. We want so many things that our minds are constantly racing to keep track of them all. Our bodies crave the experience of so many things that we chase our hearts and minds wherever they may lead. Yet, is that our true nature? Perhaps the natural world has more to teach us about how to accomplish things without doing so much so that we can put more focus on simply being.
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Steve McAllister
In addition to serving as Managing Editor and contributor to Modern Hippie Mag, Steve McAllister is an actor, musician, accomplished author, filmmaker, and the man behind Your Daily Groove. His most recent novel, The McAllister Code is available as an e-book at www.themcallistercode.com. Find Steve on Twitter, @InkenSoul. Read his reviews and articles here.
Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .
