Finding Freedom in the Flow

The fewer things I try to do, the more I get done.  Time opens up.  I pause and think, "what next?"

One of my intentions for the new year is to find the flow, every day - to connect with the pace of the world, align with it, and flow effortlessly through the day.

When I arrived at work this morning, I wrote down three things I wanted to do.  If I finished them, it would be much more than I'd accomplish in an average day in the past.  Soon after I set to work, a new meeting appeared mid-morning on my calendar, and I remembered another thing that needed to be done.  I wrote it down to, and kept working.  Even dealing with a couple more extra things, I still finished my list by mid-afternoon, and then had time to work on a few more things before going home.  I'm left with no pressing, partly done tasks and a feeling that this is almost too easy.

I'm also not carrying any stress about work with me.  "If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go."  It's the same advice that Krishna gives Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita - do your best to fulfill your duty, and accept whatever happens in the end.

There's freedom in the flow.