El Cabrero has long been intrigued by the Taoist idea of wu-wei, which is usually translated as "non-action." It doesn't mean not doing anything but is more like doing what is timely and appropriate when conditions are right without a lot of hoopla or wasted energy.
My guess is that this is something the world's most effective people have always known, even if they didn't think about it in exactly those terms.
I think Henry David Thoreau came up with one of the best expressions of that concept in Walden. It's pretty short and sweet:
Rescue the drowning and tie your shoestrings.
SPEAKING OF RESCUING THE DROWNING, the White House has called on the Senate to extend COBRA benefits so that jobless workers can afford insurance and urged an extension of fiscal aid to states via the federal Medicaid match. These issues may be up for a vote this week. Last week I urged people contact their senators to support these steps. If you haven't done so yet, this would be the time.
WHACKADOODLE FEARS. Here are 10 things that people on the far right are scared of.
A RARE EVENT. It doesn't happen at this blog very often, but I found this op-ed by Thomas Friedman to be worth a link.
GOAT ROPE ADVISORY LEVEL: ELEVATED
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2 comments:
There's a really great little passage in the book "Mind At Play" by Stephen Gaskin that sort of describes the "stitch in time" sort of mindset you are talking about.
PS. How about some more big dog pics?
Good call. I need some fresh Arpad pictures. He's my little angel baby.
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