09/07/2025
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An excerpt from my new book, “Stumbling With Grace”
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“It’s better to make a mistake in rhythm, than to lose balance correcting.”
My teacher said that to me yesterday in our lesson, and she meant in hand work.
But there’s a perfectly timed life lesson in there for me.
When things get messy, that’s when it’s the most important to soften, and to let yourself flow. Don’t dig into the mistake and spend energy in resistance, or you just get bowled over. Soften your face, your arms, your mind, and let go for a minute, then reintegrate.
It’s the hardest thing in the world. It feels like losing. It feels like your entire life is falling apart. It feels like a burn inside of an ache, until you let go, and accept it for what it is. It’s a mess. But we can make it productive still.
Let go of the original plan. Reinvent. Let’s make something entirely new.
“Don’t suppress the horses’ energy,” she said to me. “Take it and flow with it. Then you have all the power, but with a calm state of mind.”
There is power in trouble, power in pain. We resist it because, naturally, it feels bad. But what if we lean into it, and make something beautiful of it?
All of the power, with a calm state of mind.
