Thought for the Week – No Ordinary Moments

Someone told me about a disciple of a Taoist master. The disciple said of the master: “He does not speak; it is enough to watch him sweep.”

The way this master conducted himself in his daily tasks was itself a lesson. The way we conduct ourselves can also be a lesson. Be present to each task – treating every moment as special -then there are no ‘ordinary moments’. Giving advice to oneself or to another is rarely works. W.B. Yeats put this way….

Let ones life be a form of instruction without being conscious of the fact. The Italians have a great word: sprezzatura, the apparent effortlessness of an artist in full control of his or her work.