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Book cover for Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”
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“I am means.” I am the process. I am the life that will one day come to its end. My life is happening right now and there’s no “someday” or “if then” or “but when.” I am the method of my life. I am the creator of my life. I am the tool for my living. My body, my mind, my spirit are all at my disposal toward whatever I want to do, to believe, and to expand upon. So live your life like this is your life to live. Because it is.”
Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

“So take a moment to consider with me the possibility of holding relationship to others in this way: Picture a full, bright moon shining down on a pool of still water. On one side is the water and on the other is the moon. As they hold and reflect each other, notice that each makes the other even more resplendent. As the water manifests the brightness of the moon, the moon manifests the clarity of the water.”
Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

“It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when being knocked down, “Why am I being knocked down?” If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for that person.”
Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

“what he needed to do was feel his feelings and think his thoughts, and then allow them to pass through like a reflection rather than get hung up on them.”
Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

“One interesting thing about my father’s writings are that there are no negative tirades. That’s not to say my father never wrote about anything that was bothering him, but he wrote about it in a way that came with a key realization for himself of what his preferences were—he wrote through it. And he landed on what he would like himself or his life to be like instead of what was happening that was “wrong.”
Shannon Lee, Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee

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