Tight Rope Walker
I saw an interview on television with a woman who wanted to learn how to walk on a tight rope. She had a training wire installed in her apartment. The wire was one foot high and was six feet long. She practiced an hour or two every day, and after a week she could walk on it without falling off.
She thought she was going to learn how to control her balance. But, she soon discovered that the real secret was learning to be comfortable with imbalance. She found her desire for control was causing her to over adjust, and it was her over adjusting that caused her falls.
I think her insights into tight rope walking make an interesting analogy for one way of looking at the world.
