Expectation - Lao Tzu / Paulo Coelho (Thu 06 Apr 2017)

Wave - Melbourne (Thu 30 Mar 2017)

Lao Tzu on Expectation:

Act without expectation.

via Lao Tzu > Quotes by Lao Tzu [via How one of the most important books in the world came to be written by Paulo Coelho.]

On Embracing the Present - Thai Nguyen (Tue 15 Dec 2015)

Pacific Dragons - Thanks to Caitlin for the Photo - SIRC / Penrith (Sun 13 Dec 2015)

Thai Nguyen on Embracing the Present:

There’s no point dwelling in the past and letting it define you, nor getting lost and anxious about the future. But in the present moment, you’re in the field of possibility - how you engage with the present moment will direct your life.

via 10 Powerful Life Lessons from The Alchemist by Thai Nguyen.

Never a better place to embrace the present, than the moments before, during and after a Dragon Boat race.

The 17th Asian Games - Incheon 2014 / South Korea (Thu 13 Sep 2012)

17th Asian Games (*) - Incheon 2014 / South Korea (Thu 13 Sep 2012)
Saw Barume, Chumuro and Vichuon on the way out of South Korea via Incheon International Airport, enroute to Narita / Japan, and thought to myself ...

From the Manual of the Warrior of Light (*), Paulo Coelho (*) writes:

Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once.

"There is a bridge that links what I do with what I would like to do," he thinks.

Slowly, his dreams take over his everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted.

Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.