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Here is a rule that applies to everyday life, and also to the life in which the remains of civilized society unravel like a sweater's thread: movement and flow, strength and flexibility, and the ability to adapt are absolutely necessary. The laws of nature show us that water is both the gentlest and strongest force on earth. But society encourages us to be like small, brittle rocks, blown from here to there. Worn down by external forces. Crumbling at the least bit of opposit

#1: Adaptation vs. Accumulation "If you want to become full, Let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, Let yourself die. If you want to be given everything, Give everything up." --Lao Tzu, in the Tao Te Ching   In both minimalism and Taoism, much is said about letting things go: — things , as in tangible, physical things that we most likely purchased, or things such as the need to feel secure, the need to control. And at a time like our current time, when all we know

I was 5 years old when I first saw a horror film. It all began on Halloween night, when my brother, his friend and I were watching MTV and the video for Michael Jackson’s Thriller came on.   I was a huge fan of MJ at the time (it was the mid-80’s), and I loved that the video kind of scared me. My brother’s friend was talking about the scary movies they were going to watch, and I knew nothing about them, but I decided that I was going to watch them, too. My mom told me that th

"Survival situations suck. Do all that you can to prevent them from happening in the first place." -Cody Lundin Cody Lundin, AKA AboDude...