Wu Wei

Christina H. claimed this one (above)

Resources: snap/retaining ring hardware, tractor grille, beach glass.

Micro-managing? Trying to control everything that's coming at you? Overwhelmed by the smallest details?

Wu Wei, an aspect of Taoism, involves knowing when to act and when not to act- when caught in the middle of the rushing river, don't struggle against it, yield- let the river do the work. The aim is to achieve equilibrium, a soft and invisible power. The symbol for Wu Wei is a circle. The grille represents a flexible inner strength. The sharp edges of glass are softened by the tumbling in water.

Lao Tzu says it best in Chapter 78:

Nothing in the world is weaker

or more yielding than water.

Yet nothing is its equal

in wearing away the hard and strong.

There is nothing quite like it.

Thus the weak can overpower the strong;

the flexible can overcome the rigid.

The whole world can perceive this,

but does not put it into practice.

excerpt from The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu translated by Stephen Mitchell

Wear this amulet and float with the currents $60.00