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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