My second semester at Boise State University is drawing to a close. There was a period a couple of weeks ago where I simply could not do anything. I would pull up assignments on my computer and just stare. I could make no progress.
In this situation, a younger person conjures up intentions of ‘powering through,’ of rising to the challenge and overcoming it.
But being an older person, my strategy is more to take on the nature of water. To not flow where progress is obstructed, but rather to exercise patience and find paths of little or no resistance. And it was a matter of waiting. The fallow period passed, the complete lack of progress dissipated, and one day I began working on an assignment in a natural, unforced way.
It seems as though I will be able to complete all my class requirements for the semester. That ‘forcing through’ was not necessary. This seems to be a wisdom that comes with age, a more efficient strategy.
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