Soften Your Glare

City life has taught us many important and useful things, but often at the expense of tranquility. For many people, noise, contamination, over-crowdedness and aggression are synonymous with the city and as a consequence have people deal with such intrusions by hardening themselves physically, and creating a wall between themselves and their everyday surroundings. Their glare is hardened by the harshness of what we they have to look at every day. The things that have to be ignored, the things that cannot be ignored, the things that are heard above the rush of traffic that harden the muscles in the chest and restrict the flow of blood to the heart.

Over time this hardening becomes normal and it is more difficult to notice. And non-city dwellers, upon pointing out the harshness of life in the metropolis are winnie-the-poohed by their city friends. But to everyone else, the inevitable act of hardening occurs slowly, but surely. Count the frowns on the tube tomorrow and then count the smiles. See which has won.

By Softening your glare, don't think for one moment that the contamination will disappear or that the tension on the street will disperse. But, yours will. And that is a significant start.

But How Do I Soften My Glare?
Dont focus on the just the eyes. Take in the whole face and you will see a more complete picture. Smile and watch the frown disappear.

Will it help my Kung Fu?
According to Bruce Lee and his book The Tao Of Jeet Kune Do, yes. But what did Bruce Lee know?