Poetic Quotes

 

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"If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day."

Leonard Cohen

🌊  Finding Flow in the Waves of Life🌊

Ah, Leonard Cohen — poet, philosopher, and the man who basically told us to stop fighting the tide and literally *become the ocean.* 🐚 What a line: *“If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.”* Simple put, yet profoundly splashy! This quote reminds us that the waves which happen through life are inevitable — the trick isn’t to resist them, but to learn to surf. 🏄‍♂️

Think about it; we end up feeling, well, *seasick!* when we try to control everything, cling to our expectations, or panic whenever something unexpected happens. 🤢 Fighting life's currents all the time can exhaust us. However, everything begins to seem a little more fluid when we let go, take a deep breath, and flow with what *is*. * "Be like water making its way through cracks," as Lao Tzu famously observed. Instead of being forceful, adapt to the situation. * 💧 The key to success, my friends, is flexibility.

The ocean doesn’t worry about the storm; it actually is the storm. 🌪️ It doesn’t panic when tides change — it simply knows it’ll rise again. In a similar vein, we cease getting tossed around by every tiny wave of emotion, opinion, or inconvenience when we accept life's ebb and flow. Traffic jams, obnoxious coworkers, and that one family who enjoys unwanted advise no longer seem like tsunamis. 🌈 Rather, they are merely waves in the vast ocean of life.

The finest thing is that you start to feel at ease when you *become the ocean* because *you're unshakeable*, not because life is easy. 💪 You are deep, expansive, and a part of something bigger. You begin to recognize that you are the water itself instead of the little boat being thrown around. ✨

It's a change of perspective from victim to creator, from chaos to peace. * "Life is the dancer and you are the dance" is a great quote from Eckhart Tolle. * 💃🕺 Joy naturally arises when we follow life's rhythm rather than fighting it. Even the storms take on a strange beauty.

So next time life’s waves hit hard — when things don't go as planned, when people disappoint you and they will, or when your Wi-Fi mysteriously disappears mid-Zoom meeting (😅) — just smile and remind yourself: *Be the ocean, not the seasick sailor.* The more you flow, the freer you feel. 🌅

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Let’s all take a deep breath, feel the tides of the present moment, and remember: you’re not here to control the ocean… you *are* the ocean. 🌊

If this post helped you find a little peace in the waves of your day, then you’re already on the path to becoming the ocean yourself! 🌞💫

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