Now normally, it's my inclination to think that anyone who spouts American-style New Age bollocks should be stabbed (preferably in the eye, but anywhere sensitive would do).
But - to paraphrase one of the most over-rated blind black men in history - "Lately I have had the stragest feeling..."
I saw something, somewhere (n'importe ou, as my Froggish mates say) that has - like the subject of flying sheep - "bin on my mind quite a lot, recent times" (you need a good cockney accent to get the full Python effect).
Anyhow... what I heard (and fuck me drunk, I can NOT remember where) was this:
What have you done today to make your life better?
That hit me pretty hard. Truth be told, I am not exactly shrinking violet. I don't under-rate myself - in fact I reckon i am one of the smartest eight people you will ever meet.
And lots of days, I do stuff that makes my life better - but, it has to be said, that is not my primary aim when I do whatever it is that I do.
Until now, that is.
Now, I am almost consumed by the idea that tomorrow when I get up, the first thing that I ought to do should be something that is specifically focussed on making some aspect of my life better.
Sounds cheesy - and also sounds like a violation of wu-wei... but it's not. Wu-wei simply means "making no effort" in some abstract sense - letting something become second nature.
