𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫

A few days ago, while standing in stillness practicing TYME (Tree Yoga & Meditation / Zhan Zhuang), I noticed something unusual.

An ant was dragging another live insect - much bigger than itself - towards the door.

I thought I would miss capturing this incredible moment since I had another 15 minutes left in my practice.

But to my surprise, the ant kept going, steadily, determinedly. That’s the video accompanying this post.

At that moment, I didn’t know the ant had a message for me.

Within days, life tested me in ways I hadn’t imagined.

A dear high school classmate and close friend suddenly became just a memory.

A week later, my 89-year-old mother was rushed to the hospital. Though stroke reports were negative, she lost her vision, struggling to swallow food, and needed a feeding tube. She suffered two cardiac arrests within 10 hours and didn’t survive the second.

As we completed her cremation and rituals, more news awaited - an aunt had been shifted to the ICU with a lung infection.

In this whirlwind, I remembered that tiny ant.

It had persisted, dragging something much larger than itself.

In the same way, when life felt overwhelming - when thoughts, grief, and responsibilities piled up - stilling my mind helped me “drag away” many, many thoughts that could have pulled me down.

Sometimes nature whispers wisdom in the smallest ways.

We just need to be still enough to listen.

𝐈𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

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