I am now fifty-six years-old. This is sobering as I still believe that
I'm twenty-five. So what have I lost? Some physical flixibility, two
wives to divorce, all of my black hair (replaced with cool gray - not
the cueball!), some of my libido, some of my energy, some of my ability
to focus and concentrate.
What I have gained is slowness. I walk slower so I can see more; I talk
less quickly so I am more apt to be a better listner, i work out more
slowly so I work out efficiently, i write slower so i need to edit less,
i work slower so i get to transfer more qi to my patients, i dance slower
so i get to spend more physical time being close to my woman feeling her
heat and smelling her perfume, i read slower, so i acquire more info;
i watch which is different form 'seeing'; seeing is passive, watching
is active. i watch myself mostly to see that i am happy with my moves
off and on the court, to be certain that i walk in all valleys and on
all hills with integrity - sometimes i don't but then i can see it
because i was watching and by watching i may do better next time. i have
closer friends becasue as time is short i only spend time with those i
love. i spend more time with male friends because those were the ones
with whom i shared the least intimacy. my arms remain open longer and
close more slowly so my heart is receiving more. i sit longer so therefore
i am being more instead of doing more and by doing less i am more and
therefore this is proof that indeed less is more.
So im thinking - youth does and age is - but one cannot be until one has
done so youth and aging are all perfectly natural inhalations and exhalations
of the dao. i am happy to have been able to do and to be able to do less
and be more and therefore be more and thus be able to do more. Hah! Amazing.
Slower...
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The Berkley Center