放下 LETTING GO

 老人对孩子说：“握紧你的拳头，告诉我什么感觉？”孩子握紧拳头：“有些累！”老人：“试着再用些力！”孩子：“更累了！有些憋气！”老人：“那你就放开它！”孩子长出一口气：“轻松多了！”老人：“当你感到累的时候，你握得越紧就越累。”很简单的道理，放手才轻松！
An old man told a kid to hold the fist tight and ask for his feeling, the kid answer him : quite tiring.
The old man instruct the kid to further tighten the fist and ask for his feeling again, the kid answer: its breathless and tired
The old man told him to let go and the kid release the tight fist with a breath and say: its relaxing now
Life is simple, the more you hold the more tire you are, let go at appropriate time and you will be relaxed and happy

 

 放下，是一种生活的智慧。 放下，是一门心灵的学问。 放下压力，活得轻松；放下烦恼，活得幸福；放下自卑，活得自信；放下懒惰，活得充实；放下消极，活得成功；放下抱怨，活得舒坦；放下犹豫，活得潇洒；放下 狭隘，活得自在。 人生在世，有些事情是不必在乎的，有些东西是必须清空的。 只有该放下时放下，你才能够腾出手来，抓住真正属于你的快乐和幸福。

I quote some words from Shelia Rae who wrote "Letting Go Of Taichi"
All of us begin taichi with great awareness for perfected moves and steps, with ego for better achievement. If we constantly train to perfect the moves of taichi, we can't realize the true bliss of taichi. There must comes a time when we must learn to let go, let go of perfectionism and ego, let go of trying to follow the prescribed pattern and let the art move through our souls.
We learn forms to become formless, to integrate mind, body and spirit, we apply the principles of taichi to extend beyond the physical form, to blend it in all our activities and in return to influence our taichi practice. When we let go of the forms, wonderful connection can happen, the moves connect together effortlessly, and then we can connect to the true essence of blending with our environment, with others and with the universe.