zen in the art of dressage : zen quotes



  C.A.Huang & J.Lynch


"A wonderful Buddhist saying states, "The arrow that hits the bull's eye is the result of a hundred misses." You perfect your game through adversity and failure. Lao-tzu taught that we must align with the forces of nature. Look at failure as a lesson from which you can learn. Seeing failure as an opportunity for improvement makes it more tolerable and will help you relax and figure out how to go beyond your present level of peformance."

"In the martial art aikido, the fighter blends with the direction of an opposing force, moves with it, and uses its power to defuse the attack. This offers an interesting perspective on failure: If you see your setback as an opposing force, you can still accept and blend with it and internalize its lessons to your advantage. By doing this, the power of the opposing force no longer exists. You redirect the force and forge ahead."



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