I have often thought that everyone should allow themselves a bit of spontaneity in their lives. While eating lunch outside today, I looked up and saw these amazing wispy clouds floating by. I've always been amazed how the vapor in the clouds are constantly changing their form into new amorphic shapes and compositions. Much like water flowing in a stream, continuously changing it's mass, speed and direction. It's also like oil interacting with water or a leaf falling from a tree to the ground.

I think that by practicing the art of being spontaneous allows us to see and be more fluid with the life around us. Being less rigid and more open to change and allowing change to enter our life without resisting it.

spon⋅ta⋅ne⋅ous
–adjective
Etymology:
Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one's free will, voluntarily
1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting.
4. growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
5. produced by natural process.
voluntary or undetermined action or movement

• ‹ previous
• next ›