Someone makes me feel understood not by saying a word, but by presenting his creation based on my ideas. And there, I feel love. Then I understood that there are really many ways to express love. And many ways to love. Water — listening — is a tender, inward, non-active kind of love. Fire — excitement — is an outward love for creating. Earth — nourishing — might be the easiest and most common way to be seen as a kind of maternal love. Wood — directing — could then be a kind o

As a person of fire, I’d better cultivate my earth and grow my wood so that my fire can burn better and last longer. But it seems like I tend to forget this part, and I start running without setting my goal, holding only my fire, which is ideas and excitement. And then I get lost, or burn out without achieving anything. Well, people say your experience is valuable. But even small achievements are something you can build your self-trust on. Don’t start with a big goal, but a s

Air can be a great way to wrap up the cycle and bring you back to the fire. More air makes fire bigger. At the beginning, you focus on yourself and get to know yourself. Take care of yourself. Being in a relaxed, better state brings you an idea, and you set the direction. You share the idea with others. You explain it. You communicate. You make connections. The connection makes space for more ideas. Output creates space for more input. If you live your life always rushing tow

As I wrote in my fire journal, I have almost zero earth quality in my body. If I take that literally, it would mean I'm not naturally good at consistency or routines.Well, it kind of makes sense. But that’s just my excuse, and if that’s the case and I am not strong with the quality, that’s why I need to learn how to practice and strengthen it. My attention tends to wander everywhere. I am doing something then get a new idea, so I start something completely different and leave

I love learning theories and philosophies. They have helped me understand myself in ways I couldn't before. According to Ayurveda, I have a lot of Fire and Air, but not much Earth or Water. Then one day, in a yoga class, someone told me I actually had a lot of Water. That surprised me. As I reflected on it, it started to make sense. My daily life is deeply influenced by my emotions, which are often associated with the qualities of Water. Apparently, I am a very sensitive and

I used to think listening simply meant hearing music correctly. Over the years, I realized that listening begins much earlier than that. Before we can truly listen to music, we have to learn to listen to ourselves. In my 20+ years of career as a hired drummer, most of the performance was given in the situation where I don’t know the setlist, who is going to be playing together that night. And my job was to instinctively read the band leaders signs to follow the band. I was lu