Daily blog (audio): It's more like canoe slalom [I remember this on Trans World Sport]

<p>We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>You ever seen canoe slalom in the Olympics?</p> <p>—- Other sporting events are available —–</p> <p>Or, as I remember it, Trans World Sport in the 90s?</p> <p>You know the one – zipping down a stream in a canoe / kayak, trying to get through various ‘gates’ for the best time / score.</p> <p>Now those guys are strong, no doubt about it.</p> <p>They do some powerful turns.</p> <p>But most of it is going with momentum.</p> <p>It’s smooth and graceful when done well.</p> <p>It’s not about continuously forcing the canoe around slowly with brute force.</p> <p>That’s what a tugboat does.</p> <p>It’s about ‘going with’ the flow in the best way we can………</p> <p>With periodical bursts of energy to correct course.</p> <p>And a life we want to lead can be like that.</p> <p>When it seems like that constant effort…….</p> <p>When it’s all “hard work”……..</p> <p>When “everything’s against us”……..</p> <p>It’s “never ending”………</p> <p>When “the world seems out to get us”………</p> <p>It’s like that tugboat.</p> <p>Hard work.</p> <p>Hard to maintain.</p> <p>When we treat it more like going with the flow of the stream of life………</p> <p>With bursts of energy to correct course here and there……..</p> <p>It can be a much more enjoyable experience.</p> <p>Letting go…….</p> <p>Accepting what is…….</p> <p>Stopping arguing with reality…….</p> <p>Letting go of the “need to be right”……</p> <p>Can make it all so much easier.</p> <p>We go with things rather than fighting against what will never change.</p> <p>Burning ourselves out unnecessarily and not having the energy for the stuff we can change!</p> <p>‘Going with the flow’ rather than fighting with reality can mean we get so much further and faster.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Much love,</p> <p>Jon ‘Trans World Sport was great, wasn’t it?’ Hall</p>