Waxing Water Dragon
Shifu often talks about how big a Dragon can get. Imagine a beast so big it can fill the entire sky! It's like the first Star Wars intro where you can see the bottom of a starship cruiser and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger as the screen pans down. Similarly, the classics describe Dragons as being so big that your eyes can't contain all of one at once. They're huge.
As for the poetry of the moment, can you expand your sense of self? Are you just you? Or maybe you're your family too? Are you your favorite team? Are you your politics? Are you your religion or faith? Are you your town, city, or state? Are you your gender, etnicity, or race? However big (or small) you see yourself - in reality - you're only as big as your influence. You wouldn't want to be so buff that you couldn't even wipe your own butt. Right? Maybe reel it in a bit. Let's not get blustered beyond our britches.
To make this make sense, go ahead and push your limits. If there ever was a time to exaggerate, this would be it - so long as you're not promising more than you can deliver. This isn't exactly the time to brag or boast, but there's certainly enough wiggle room to romanticize an idea or two. So, let yourself let loose - stretch out and expand - just don't lose your roots.
⧠Expanding your Horizons â§
Pick up a Book: Expose yourself to new ideas.
Go Somewhere: Go and get your passport stamped.
Listen to Music: Lose yourself to a whole new groove.
Break the Rules: It's exactly the same, just different.
Get Home Safely: Back to life. Back to reality.
Big Baby Steps
Contents
ã»Shifu Says: A brief word from our head teacher, Shifu David Wei.
ã»Closed Door Sessions: They're like our free sessions, just harder!
ã»The Daoist Calendar: Special holidays and how to observe them.
ã»Tai Chi True or False: A new trivia segment for our paid subscribers.
ã»Deep Steeps: Shifu serves tea to native elder, Kanyon Sayers-Roods.
ã»Story Time, Story Time: A tiny tale from our Hindu Vedic neighbors.
ã»Final Fortune Cookie: Big wit and wisdom from a tiny little idiom.
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