Empty Rowboat

One day, a monk was walking by the banks of a lake and found an abandoned rowboat. 

He spent several months lovingly restoring it. Finally, the day came to launch it on the clear waters of the lake. As he began to row, he noticed that it was getting foggy, but he continued nonetheless. 

Suddenly, swiftly cutting through the fog can another rowboat, which rammed into his boat. All of his work- the new wood and the paint job- was damaged. The monk got angry and strained to see who had done this thoughtless thing to his beautiful boat. 

And then he saw that the other boat was empty. 

His anger collapsed in the moment.

Living Your Yoga, Judith Lasater, PH. D, P.T.  Page 37

I like the humor in this story, because I can relate to being upset with the empty "rowboats" in my life. Getting anxious for the stop light to change colors or for my dog to pee instead of just sniffing around the grass. When all of this time I could be using these breaks as a lucky chance to take some deep breaths and live in the moment!