I‘m sure we have all heard this advice but one of things that I have wrestled with over the years is how to interpret this meaningfully in my life and business.  After all, it is no use having the  benefit of aphorisms such as this if we can’t make them work for us. 

My work involves various different facets or phases and some involve talking to clients and doing work, some in marketing and talking to prospective clients, others in admin-type work, and finally being more creative doing thinking, writing and designing. 

For me, I have come to the conclusion that, unless it is really urgent, there is seldom any value in trying to force things and work out-of-phase with my energy and the energy that seems to surround me.  I realise that I am straying into seemingly ‘weird’ territory with statements like this.  However, farmers will always work in accord with the season and the weather, and some such as Rudolf Steiner advocated doing so according to the phase of the moon too. 

Yesterday, was a perfect ‘English’ day for me; walking in the June sunshine along the River Itchen, in the heart of the Hampshire countryside.  This is a truly beautiful river that runs only 2-3’ deep with fast flowing, crystal clear waters full of trout and gently waving weeds.  I can think of no better image for a flow state than this river.  Being there I feel a state of total contentment and peace. 

If I can somehow connect with my internal state and the energy around me and act accordingly hopefully I will do the best I can in that moment and on that day. This approach is, however, somewhat scary when one’s mind is telling you that you really need to do this that or the other thing and waiting is for wusses!  Doing nothing ‘positive’ can feel both lazy and evasive.  Surely I should be doing something useful!

I don’t know if I’m the only one who wrestles with such ‘stuff’ and would be interested to hear your thoughts on this

 “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine”   Henry Ward Beecher