In Tune with Nature’s Pace

Lately, I’ve been coming back to a line from Laozi that’s really stayed with me:

“Through non-action, nothing is left undone.”

At first, it sounds like a riddle, how can not acting lead to everything being done? But the more I sit with it, the more it makes sense. It’s not about doing nothing, it’s about not forcing. Not pushing. It’s about allowing things to unfold in their own time, their own rhythm.

And honestly, that’s what photography has been teaching me.

When I’m behind the camera, the best moments never come from chasing. They come when I slow down enough to notice. The way a shadow moves across a wall. The moment just before someone smiles. A bird pausing before taking off. These moments don’t ask to be captured, they reveal themselves when I’m present enough to receive them.

That’s what I’m trying to hold in my work, not stillness as in doing nothing, but presence. A kind of awake attention. Being there fully, without needing to control the outcome.

And maybe that’s what life is also asking from us more often than we realize.

I know I’ve spent a lot of time rushing, through to-do lists, projects, even joy. But lately, I’ve been trying something different. I’m practicing being more in tune. Trusting that not everything needs to be solved or achieved in a hurry.

This doesn’t mean giving up on ambition or progress. It just means making space. Letting life breathe. Letting meaning find us too, not just the other way around.

So if you’re feeling behind or pressured or like you always have to be doing more… maybe this idea will land for you too.

Sometimes, letting go of the need to do is exactly what allows everything to become.

If this resonates with you, share it with a good friend of yours!

That moment before the flight.

The presence that does nothing, yet nothing is left undone!