BE LIKE WATER – Consumers Association Penang

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

– from the book, “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living”

The above insightful quote teaches us to remain flexible in life, flowing around obstacles rather than rigidly confronting them. Being adaptable – having the ability to adjust to any situation – helps us to navigate life’s uncertainties and overcome challenges in unique ways.

Like water, which is fluid and flows freely (it has the power to soothe) and crashes on the shore (it has the strength to transform), we must strike a balance, acting with wisdom and be able to change our approach depending on the situation.