"I feel I'm always falling, always failing. Chasing my tail. Like a cat, clinging to branches of a tree, knowing that sooner or later I'll have to let go and fall..."
"Well, when a cat does fall from a tree, what does the cat do? The cat accepts the fall, he relaxes and then he lands safely on the ground, right?"
"Yes, I guess so."
"What would happen if the cat were about to fall but then decided he didn't want to fall? He would resist and become rigid and tense. Then he would be a broken bag of bones when he hit the ground."
"I see what you're saying."
"Can't you see that we are all falling out of trees, all the time. When we were born we all fell, and we all continue the fall, and we cannot do anything to stop it."
"I understand."
"So, try not living in a constant state of tension, and clinging to all the things that are actually falling with you. This world is impermanent. Let go of the branches you are clinging to and surrender to the fall. Be a cat, Ryan. Be a cat."
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