Doing non doing

“The secrets to living are these: First, the past cannot be improved upon. Acknowledge what was and move on. Next, the future cannot be molded. Then, why bother? Last, nothing can ultimately be controlled; Not the past, nor the future, nor the present. Accept this moment as it is. Honoring these three, one lives without shackles.”

– Wu Hsin via whiskyriver

At some point I think the work of complexity cannot be done without a psycho-spiritual component.  There are days which I would wish that Wu Hsin was a client.  I feel like action like he is describing – Taoist wu wei or “doing non-doing” – is the high art of living as a human being in a complex world at whatever scale.