The Art of Letting Things Happen

Stop caring, unless it's necessary.

We often care in other person's life, but we have to realize that not every math formulas can solve how to tie a shoes. Meaning it is really simple, but we are just making it complicated. Think about it, you have an upcoming exams tommorow and you didn't review that much because you don't understand what your teacher is saying in front of the class. So you blame him for the rest of the night and the next day you also blame him for not getting a good score on your exams.

Some of you might say, it is really that teacher's fault why I fail the class. But, what else can you do? now you are in the state of 'play victim' where you will make thousands of reasons just to satisfy your ego, without realizing that the only solution is to study.

What if you care less on that teacher and just focus on studying some of the lessons you find hard to deal with. Then the next day, you might find the right answer, and that way you have the chance to get a good score on your exams. It all boils down into your choice.

Wu Wei from the Chinese concept "effortless action" or "doing nothing" and it is used to practice for the state of stoicism

Patience, acceptance, and adaptation



These are the main 3 things to master the art of letting things happen, let's understand how it works and why it can change your life.

Nothing greatness will come to the things that is done rapidly. All things takes time, such as a caterpillar needed a month of time to fully develop into a butterfly, bees needed several months to make full jar of honey, and a tree seed needs years to grow for us human to breathe air.

Patience is vital for a human to acquire. In today's world where our attention span is getting lower, we need to realize all things worthwhile takes time. If you distract yourself everyday with short-term reward, you might find yourself at the end regretting the things you should've done that matters the most.

Focus on what is happening right now, as you are reading this, you can't change the text I type in this post, neither do I, I can't control the way you should understand what I want to show the world by making this post. Acceptance is the choice.

Accept that it turns out that way, the things you did in the past. The life you have is different from me and to others. In that way, you will find yourself in a state of peace where nothing and no one can bother you, because you understand you can't control it. Don't react upon it, unless it's necessary. Find what's worth reacting for.

We can't grow if we don't change, trees falls its leaves to grow another beautiful life saver (Leaves releases oxygen). If you don't change, you will be in the same path where there is no growth to grasps on. Adapt through people, environment and to your surroundings. But don't change your true personality, just go with the flow and change what's necessary for you to change.

But if you are not really into eating a pineapple on pizza, just tell them and make them to understand what are the things you can't do and you don't want to do.

The only thing you can control is your reaction. Not your mind. You can't control your thoughts, perhaps you might think I can control it by saying "no" to my thoughts, but it will just build resistance to you. If you just don't react to your thoughts and let it be, then it will not exist into the reality.

For example, if you think of eating that apple on the table, if you just don't eat the apple, the apple will not be eaten. It is that simple. Find a way to realize reaction is important.

It might seem difficult not to care for all the things that is going on around you. I'm not telling you not to care from all of it, just think about what are the things that really matters, and say to yourself. What else can I do?