The Wisdom of Letting Go of Strength in the Hands
The Wisdom of Letting Go of Strength in the Hands As we live, we come to realize this: in almost everything, especially in what we do with our hands, we must let go of unnecessary strength. In sports, the same truth applies. A badminton smash, a table tennis drive, a volleyball toss—they cannot be done by force alone. In cooking, the cut of a knife, in daily life, the strokes on a keyboard or even brushing our teeth—all require softness at the fingertips. Like playing an instrument, only when we release tension does the natural rhythm appear. If humanity had always lived with clenched hands, we might have worn ourselves out long ago in the course of evolution. Our hands work in parallel, right and left, often with a slight delay, cooperating not through brute force but through subtle harmony. It took me far too long to understand this simple truth. But now I know: mastery is not about exerting strength, but about releasing it. Every act in life should flow lightly, like playing music. And within that lightness, even the heaviness of life itself becomes a little easier to bear.
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