In a world that never stops moving, one truth quietly stands above the rest: there is nothing fixed.

This is a really powerful statement. It goes against our will to be stable and have everything under our control. But let’s look at it this way: if nothing is fixed, then everything is possible. Infinite opportunity.

We tend to have this fixed mindset because we are raised in a system that is fixed. Fixed paths. Schools teach us fixed answers. Society has fixed expectations of us. Study, work, and earn money. Even in architecture – my field – we often face fixed plans. It is difficult to break free from the constraints and come up with something new. But the world, or rather nature, does not work like that. Nature does not have a fixed system, it is always evolving and adapting. Trees bend in the wind and rivers break rocks. Civilizations change. People change.

Stability is comforting. I agree. But does it always meet our needs? When we are faced with a problem, we are all struggling to regain that sense of stability. And that wears us down. While we should try to really enjoy the journey.
“Nothing is permanent” doesn’t mean chaos, it’s more about freedom. It allows you to be curious. You can go ahead and build anything with this mindset without fear.

Rules can be rewritten. Identities can be rebuilt. So remember that nothing is permanent, so that’s why you can start again.

Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy that invites us to align with the Tao, or the Way. The Tao cannot be explained in words. It is a mysterious concept that is beyond our comprehension. According to Lao Tzu, the Tao that we can call it is not the true Tao. It wants us to go with the flow of life instead of resisting it. Just like a river.

One of the key concepts of Taoism is to act without effort. What does it mean? It is a state in which we float in the moment without struggling or struggling, with complete concentration. We also know this moment as flow. When we don’t even think about what we are doing. We do it because we want to do it.

Water is the main symbol of this philosophy. Water can even pierce through stone. Water nourishes everything without purpose or ambition. This attitude is completely different from what we are currently facing in the world. It is all work, work, work. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that working is a bad thing. But we are often fighting the flow of life. While we should be going with the flow like a river. In the direction of the river, not against it.

Calm your mind. Try to be in the present. It’s very difficult, but try. Be in the flow and enjoy it.

Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there–on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.

— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

Jean-Luc Godard once said:

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”

And wow. Doesn’t that hit?

We live in a world that forces us to explain. There has to be an explanation for every move you make. People are looking for reasons. They want to know why you didn’t continue on the right path? Or why you want to move to another country? Or why you’re going the “wrong way”?

But the thing is, as long as you take a risk and live your life, you don’t owe them anything.
There’s a space between something certain and something uncertain that’s uncertain. And it’s very scary. Everyone experiences it. But it’s that space that makes things either good or bad.

People who don’t take risks tend to be less likely to be in that space. We’re not going to blame people who don’t take risks. But they’re usually the ones who scare people who do.

I think it’s in the best interest of everyone who wants to do something “Something Different” to do it. It either works or it doesn’t.

Sometimes, life doesn’t make sense all at once. Plans change, people leave, countries feel heavy. But growth is rarely linear. It twists, pulls, and sometimes pauses. And that’s okay.

Life is a series of paths, choices, and challenges that we have to deal with every day. Every day we face decisions that shape our future. The question for everyone is, how do we choose the best path?
Honestly, I think you just have to stay true to what feels right to you. You don’t have to think too much about it. Sometimes things happen to you that you didn’t plan for. I mean bad things and good things. It doesn’t matter. But we really have to trust our hearts. I’m not saying to put our brains in a cage and throw the cage into the sea. No. I just think that sometimes when we feel stuck in a situation, it might be good to think that we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Of course, it’s really hard sometimes, I agree, but I think we have to try our best.
Our path is our path. Everyone has their own path. That’s the beauty of it. This is my philosophy, maybe it’s yours too.