Be Water My Friend

Bruce Lee was a martial arts master, who became famous for his spectacular martial arts films. He even developed his own martial arts form called Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist) which borrowed techniques from distinct fighting forms, including boxing, and emphasized unpredictability. In memory of his death from a cerebral edema on July 20th, 1973, when he was only 32, I believe it would be fitting to revisit a segment of an interview, which was popularized by a TV commercial, and which embraces his wise philosophy of adapting to circumstances.

This is what it is, okay?

I said empty your mind.

Be formless, shapeless.

Like water.

Now, you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

You put water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.

You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.

Now, water can flow.

Or it can crash.

Be water my friend!