Be formless, shapeless, like water. (Bruce Lee)

I was reading an interesting article sent to me by a colleague today from a newspaper in the UK called the Telegraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html

It said that in the city of Flint, Michigan, 1,100 houses have been torn down, with plans to tear down 3,000, leaving meadows and nature in their place. The reason? The mass exodus of people from the city (originally GM headquarters), and the reduction of the tax base. Entire blocks of the city were empty.

The article said the Obama administration has contacted Dan Kildee, (treasurer of Flint, and mastermind of the idea), about implementing this strategy in other cities in the "rust belt." Like Detroit, for instance, in response to the economic downturn.

At first blush this is quite a shocker for a Michiganian like me. But in times of trouble I always turn to the wisdom of my spiritual mentors, of whom Bruce Lee was the first, back in my martial arts days. I reflected on what he said about being like the nature of water. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3sBulXpVw

Water has no opinion about the container it is poured into. It flows, and instantly adapts. It is the softest substance in the world, yet it can wear down the hardest substance. There is wisdom in the very nature of water, that we all need to follow. Things are changing, and we have to change with them. Our complaints and resistance count for nothing. It is time to find our strength, in being like the nature of water.